Mining Asteroids for a Better Earth
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 […]
Tag Archives: Global Warming
If Renewables Can’t Save the Planet, Uranium Might
By Michael Shellenberger Foreign Affairs Around the world, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy appears to finally be under way. Renewables were first promoted in the 1960s […]
Nuclear Power is Integral to Meeting Clean Energy Goals
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 […]
The China-India Water Wars
By Jin H. Pak Parameters Over the past decade, numerous analysts and scholars have speculated about the likelihood of India and China going to war over water. Some maintain a […]
Safely Reviving Nuclear Energy
By Richard Martin MIT Technology Review In February I flew through the interior of a machine that could represent the future of nuclear power. I was on a virtual-reality tour […]
Trapping Carbon Dioxide in Stone
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 […]
Why Can’t America Build an Icebreaker?
By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal The United States is one of five countries with an Arctic coastline and continental shelf. As such, it is both burdened with direct responsibility […]
