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03
Dec
Power to the people, for the people, by the people
A primer on public power: what the term means, why it's better, where it exists today, and how we can get more of it.
7 min read
26
Nov
e-viation, welcome to the Department of War
Five electric aircraft companies are changing the way we fly. Some are air taxis, others are solar-powered pseudo-satellites. But all have one thing in common: enormous military contracts.
7 min read
19
Nov
The passenger case for electric planes
Electric aircraft are already quieter, safer, easier to maintain, and cheaper to power than their jet fuel-powered forebears. And they're only getting started.
7 min read
12
Nov
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... an eVTOL?
Beta Technologies makes a combo plane/helicopter that runs entirely on batteries. Last week, they quietly IPO'd after raising a billion dollars. Is Beta the future of electric aviation?
7 min read
05
Nov
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to...
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists for their contributions to the developing field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). What's a metal-organic framework? You're about to find out.
9 min read
29
Oct
A real-life ghost story
Deep below the grassy plains of Montana and North Dakota, stretching well up into Saskatchewan and Manitoba, lies the fathomless remains of one of the largest mass extinction events in the history of the world.
10 min read
22
Oct
A tale of two tipping points
Good news: we're making progress towards global decarbonization. Bad news: the planet reached its first catastrophic climate tipping point.
6 min read
15
Oct
Let's get #FireEscapeSolar trending!
Desperate times calls for honestly pretty reasonable measures
8 min read
08
Oct
Big questions for balcony solar in the Big Apple
Are fire escapes balconies? Can we put up panels without permission? How much power would balcony solar generate?
6 min read
01
Oct
Is balcony solar coming to NYC?!
A new bill would make balcony solar legal in New York state. This is the story of what that means, how we got here, and what might happen next.
6 min read