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Welcome to Our Beautiful Power Plant
https://issues.org/land-art-generator-initiative-monoian-ferry/
Published: September 4, 2024 10:00
Light Up, a Land Art Generator artwork by Martin Heide, Dean Boothroyd, Mike Rainbow, Jan Talacko, John Bahoric, Bryan Chung, Chea Yuen Yeow Chong, and Anna Lee, incorporates flexible monocrystalline silicon… Read More
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An Ambidextrous Approach to Nuclear Energy Innovation
https://issues.org/ambidexterous-approach-nuclear-energy-innovation-metzler-messinger/
Published: September 3, 2024 13:47
After many years of stagnation, a new wave of nuclear energy innovation is underway. Announcements of scientific and technical advances from laboratories and fusion and fission companies have become a regular occurrence.… Read More
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Cool Ideas for a Long, Hot Summer: Refugee Communication Networks
https://issues.org/cool-ideas-communication-networks-refugee-rohingya/
Published: September 3, 2024 13:24
In our miniseries Cool Ideas for a Long, Hot Summer, we’re working with Arizona State University’s Global Futures Lab to highlight bold ideas about how to mitigate and adapt to climate change. … Read More
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Global Diplomacy for the Arctic
https://issues.org/global-diplomacy-arctic-shok-ginsbach-forum/
Published: September 3, 2024 10:00
The Arctic was long known as a region where the West and Russia were able to find meaningful ways to collaborate, motivated by shared interests in concerns in environmental protection and sustainable… Read More
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Go to Hell, Robots!
https://issues.org/rur-vision-artificial-life-capek-review-trump/
Published: August 28, 2024 10:00
In 1920, what might be the most successful anthology in German-language publishing history appeared. Menschheitsdämmerung, or“Twilight of Humanity,” collects 275 poems, many of which rage against the Machine Age. Viewing Europe… Read More
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Cool Ideas for a Long Hot Summer: Solar-Powered Canoes
https://issues.org/solar-canoes-amazon-ecuador/
Published: August 27, 2024 13:24
In our new miniseries Cool Ideas for a Long Hot Summer, we’re working with Arizona State University’s Global Futures Lab to highlight bold ideas about how to mitigate and adapt to climate… Read More
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Boosting Hardware Start-ups
https://issues.org/boosting-hardware-start-ups-burer-forum/
Published: August 27, 2024 10:00
In “Letting Rocket Scientists Be Rocket Scientists: A New Model to Help Hardware Start-ups Scale” (Issues, Spring 2024), John Burer effectively highlights the challenges these companies face, particularly in the… Read More
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Moving Beyond Hype on Hydrogen
https://issues.org/beyond-hype-hydrogen-karplus-morgan/
Published: August 26, 2024 10:00
Since 1923, when J. B. S. Haldane first suggested the use of renewable hydrogen in place of fossil fuels, hydrogen has been billed as a key player in the energy system of… Read More
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Promethean Sparks
https://issues.org/promethean-sparks-nas-building-volta/
Published: August 21, 2024 15:25
Inspired by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) building, which turns 100 this year, sixth-grade students at the Alain Locke School in West Philadelphia created the Promethean Sparks mural. The students collaborated… Read More
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Cool Ideas for a Long Hot Summer: Environmental Justice
https://issues.org/environmental-justice-salton-sea/
Published: August 20, 2024 12:00
This has been a record-breaking summer all over the world. Many cities have recorded their hottest days ever, and June 2024 was Earth’s hottest month on record. Mitigating and adapting to the… Read More
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