Recycling Meets Reality
By M. Mitchell Waldrop Knowable Magazine If your neighborhood is like most locales in the United States, there’s a thing that’s hard to unsee once you notice: The trucks that […]
By M. Mitchell Waldrop Knowable Magazine If your neighborhood is like most locales in the United States, there’s a thing that’s hard to unsee once you notice: The trucks that […]
By Vanand Meliksetian Oil Price The Chinese economic growth miracle is disrupting the global balance of power. President Trump’s trade war with China was the latest manifestation of Washington’s effort […]
By Laura Sullivan NPR Laura Leebrick, a manager at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon, is standing on the end of its landfill watching an avalanche of plastic trash […]
By Sharon E. Burke War on the Rocks The earliest humans had it rough. They survived a brutal ice age, dwindling to a population estimated at just 10,000, only to […]
By Sanna Kopra The Arctic Institute China’s Arctic engagement has increased considerably during the past decade, which has not only offered plentiful economic opportunities but also created new risks and […]
By Andreas Østhagen Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Few areas have been the source of as much speculation, hype, and overgeneralization as the Arctic region at the start of the […]
By Philip Metzger Aeon Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real. This should not […]
By Daniel McGlynn Phys.org Early this year, Rachel Slaybaugh attended a campus mixer on technological innovation. When she introduced herself as a professor of nuclear engineering, other attendees would pause […]
By Nick Stockton Wired Carbon dioxide is a problem. And everyone knows the best thing to do with problems is bury them deep in the ground and forget they ever […]
By Amy Jaffe & Jareer Elass Journal of International Affairs Oil has shaped international conflict for many decades. According to one estimate, between 25% to 50% of interstate wars between […]