much faster than we have ever done anything similar. To do it, we need lots of breakthroughs in science and engineering. We need to build a consensus that doesn’t exist and create public policies to push a transition that would not happen otherwise. We need the energy system to stop doin...
A company I’m following closely has developed a new process called molten oxide electrolysis: Instead of burning iron in a furnace with coke, you pass electricity through a cell that contains a mixture of liquid iron oxide and other ingredients. The electricity causes the iron oxide to break ...
Zoo workers have described how animals are greeting the isolation during COVID-19 closures. One zoo in India reported that animals were "loving the quiet spell"—foxes were "frolicking around," the hippopotamus was happily splashing in its pool and even the tigers were enjoying a dip. In othe...