“Ontario has begun building the first of four new, small nuclear reactors, as Canada seeks to lead the Group of Seven industrialized nations in developing next-generation nuclear technology.” ~ learn more
And it is a backup battery for your home’s electric needs. “In this episode, we travel to San Francisco’s design district to meet Sam D’Amico, the founder of Impulse Labs, who’s turning the humble stove into a high-performance, battery-backed, grid-ready […]
I cheated on Audible with this audiobook from Spotify. “Progress requires facing up to the institutions in life that are not working as they need to. It means, for liberals, recognizing when the government is failing. It means, for conservatives, […]
Solar power is great and I’ve shared before that every year the deployment of new solar blows estimates out of the water. “But here’s the thing. This chart has what you might call an “evil twin”, a cousin that gets […]
“The XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, launched in 2021, set out to tackle one of humanity’s biggest challenges: how to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ocean at meaningful, scalable levels. … Planetary’s approach restores the ocean’s natural ability to […]
“Mongolia’s birthrate was below-replacement for a few years before the government started to get serious about it.” ~ learn more
It’s all about that dimethyl sulfide! This is a neat piece of news, and the article also contains a helpful explanation of how scientists measure far-off planetary atmospheres. Alas, still no contact with alien life. You can use the Unsure […]
“The civilization that prevails in this century will be the one that most effectively converts crisis into a catalyst for transformation. These catalysts are not to be found among the comforting certainties of consensus.” ~ learn more
“On a remote island in the Southern Ocean, China’s Qinling Station has switched on Antarctica’s first large-scale hydrogen energy system — a breakthrough in sustaining research operations in one of the harshest places on Earth.” ~ learn more
“The concept would skirt delivery headaches. Without a rocket’s size and weight constraints, engineers could also design and construct large structures—over 1,640 feet or 500 meters long—that can’t be shipped from Earth.” ~ learn more