Big Cost Swings Point To More Big Battery Storage, Less Pumped Hydro
by Giles Parkinson: The Australian Energy Market Operator is expected to make significant revisions to its 20-year blueprint for the national grid after conceding that the capital of costs new transmission links… […]
Volvo CEO: Pandemic Will Rapidly Accelerate Shift To Electric Cars
by Bradley Berman: Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson said that the coronavirus will accelerate the pace of change in the auto industry… […]
The New Indiana Jones? AI. Here’s How It’s Overhauling Archaeology
by Peter Rejcek: Archaeologists have uncovered scores of long-abandoned settlements along coastal Madagascar that reveal environmental connections to modern-day communities… […]
Plastic Bottle Made From Plants Degrades In Just One Year
by Jordan Davidson: While some are trying to clean up the plastic pollution in the oceans, and others are removing it from beaches… […]
Forget Exercise—These Mice Got Ripped With Gene Therapy
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Trying to hack fitness is a multi-million-dollar industry… […]
How Online Learning Kept Higher Ed Open During The Coronavirus Crisis
by Robert Ubell: But pandemic pedagogy is not the same as quality online learning… […]
Al Gore: The Case For Optimism On Climate Change (TED 2016)
In his latest TED talk, Al Gore, founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, poses three questions that will determine the future of our planet… […]
Al Gore – Can We Protect The Planet When It’s Not In The Interests Of The Powerful?
by Russell Brand: Environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore joins me to discuss his new film “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”.., […]
TimesTalks: Al Gore On Climate Change
Don’t miss this crucial conversation with former Vice President and climate change activist Al Gore on how far the battle to halt climate change has come… […]
Al Gore Answers the Web’s Most Searched Questions on Climate Change
Politician and activist Al Gore answers the Internet’s most searched questions about climate change… […]
Al Gore On Confronting the Climate Crisis | Harvard Global Institute And Harvard China Project
Sponsored by the Harvard Global Institute and the Harvard China Project, former VP Al Gore delivered a public lecture to a capacity crowd… […]
Look For Elon Musk To Unveil A Futuristic New Battery
by Steve LeVine: Analysts predict a Battery Day big reveal that will make Teslas as affordable as gasoline vehicles… […]
The Big Covid-19 Blind Spot: Lack of Risk Management Is Leaving Us Wanting
by Peter Deans: In many organizations, risk managers have long been essentially back-office roles, with limited or no access to boards, executives, and key decision-makers… […]
Hacking Plant Life: Artificial Photosynthesis Takes A Leap Forward
by Edd Gent:All life on earth ultimately gets its energy from the sun through the amazing ability of plants to sustain themselves on nothing more than water, air, and sunlight… […]
It’s Official: SpaceX Will Carry Its First Humans To The Space Station Next Month
by Ivan Couronne: A SpaceX rocket will send two American astronauts to the International Space Station on May 27, NASA announced on Friday, the first crewed spaceflight from the US in nearly a decade… [...]
How To Navigate The Coronavirus Crisis With Innovation At Warp Speed
by Kris Østergaard: “It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.” –Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Star Trek […]
New York To Pass ‘One Of The Most Aggressive Clean Energy Mandates In The Country’
by Jim Efstathiou Jr: New York is poised to pass its own version of the Green New Deal with a climate bill that would more than triple the state’s solar capacity… […]
Coronavirus Is Changing How We Live, Work, And Use Tech—Permanently
by Brianna Welsh: Within a week, many world leaders went from downplaying the seriousness of coronavirus to declaring a state of emergency… […]
This Group of Scientists Is Making Sure We’re Ready for the Next Pandemic
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Ask just about anyone how the US is doing on its response to the coronavirus pandemic and you’ll get some variation of the same answer: poorly. […]
NASA’s Plan To Build A Base Camp On The Moon Sounds Like Sci-Fi, But It’s Real
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: If we’re ever going to make Elon Musk’s vision of colonizing Mars a reality… […]
Tesla Unveils Coronavirus Ventilator Prototype That Uses Model 3 Parts
by Jackson Ryan: The Model 3 infotainment system provides the basis for Tesla’s ventilator, hastily designed to combat device shortages around the world… […]
Green Hydrogen Could Curb One-Third Of Fossil Fuel emissions By 2050
by Cecilia Keating: A major rollout of green hydrogen technologies could offset up to one third of global greenhouse gas emissions produced by fossil fuels and industry by 2050… […]
The Top 100 AI Startups Out There Now, and What They’re Working On
by Peter Rejcek: New drug therapies for a range of chronic diseases… […]
5 Reasons Why The James Webb Space Telescope Is Such A Big Deal
By Gerri Miller: Many scientists believe there’s another planet like Earth somewhere in the universe, and the search to find it is about to begin… […]
Tesla’s Hardware 3 Computer Frightens Legacy Auto After Model 3 Teardown
by Simon Alvarez: A new teardown of the Tesla Model 3 by Nikkei Business Publications just sent a shiver through the spine of legacy automakers… […]
Is Digital Learning Still Second Best?
by Darlene Damm: As Covid-19 continues to spread, the world has gone digital on an unprecedented scale… […]
DeepMind’s Protein Folding AI Is Going After Coronavirus
by Shelly Fan: In late December last year, Dr. Li Wenliang began warning officials about a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China… […]
Here’s how we could go carbon neutral in 25 years
by James Temple: In the fall of 2018, as California governor Jerry Brown’s final term was winding down, he signed an executive order that set an audacious climate goal: […]
Volatile Weather Sees Record Wind Generation In Europe
Turbulent weather conditions saw levels of wind generation across Europe hit record levels last month… […]
A Deft Robotic Hand That’d Make Luke Skywalker Proud
by Matt Simon: Surgeons use muscle grafts to amplify nerve signals—allowing amputees to control a new prosthetic with incredible precision… […]
We Won’t Have Fusion Generators in 5 Years. But the Holy Grail of Clean Energy May Still Be on Its Way
by Matthew Hole: But the holy grail of clean energy may still be on its way… […]
London’s Black Cabs Are Going Green
by Peter Ward: The company that makes London’s black cabs has revealed the famous car’s new electric model is set to hit the roads in November… […]
Next stop, hydrogen-powered trains
by Allison Hirschlag: As old diesel trains are phased out of rail networks around the world, the UK is about to test a new type of engine that could help to decarbonise railways – hydrogen-powered trains… [...]
How NASA Is Using Synthetic DNA In Its Search For Alien Life
by Charlie Wood: In the coming decades, new rovers will roam the sands of Mars… […]
AI Is An Energy-Guzzler. We Need To Re-Think Its Design, And Soon
by Peter Rejcek: There is a saying that has emerged among the tech set in recent years: […]
Robotic Medicine May Be The Weapon The World Needs To Combat The Coronavirus
by Eric Rosenbaum: Medical experts are hoping 2020 will mark a turning point in the fight against kidney disease in America, thanks to advancing technology… […]
Inside The Race To Build The Best Quantum Computer On Earth
by Gideon Lichfield: Google’s most advanced computer isn’t at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, nor anywhere in the febrile sprawl of Silicon Valley… […]
A Major Breakthrough For The Millions Of Americans On The Brink Of Kidney Failure And Dialysis
by Lori Ioannou: Medical experts are hoping 2020 will mark a turning point in the fight against kidney disease in America, thanks to advancing technology… […]
Elon Musk’s Brother Wants To Transform Farming
by Alexis Benveniste: Plant-based foods are all the rage right now, and vertical farms are capitalizing on the trend… […]
Here’s What Sophia, The First Robot Citizen, Thinks About Gender And Consciousness
by Chelsea Gohd: In a video that’s as unsettling as it is awe-inspiring, Sophia… […]
Elon Musk’s Boring Company Finishes First Tunnel for 155mph Vegas Loop
by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Last month I attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Vegas… […]
The ‘Tesla Of Eco-Villages’
by Dana Varinsky: If you move into a new neighbourhood being constructed outside of Amsterdam… […]
Tesla Is Slowly Pushing Germany Into Recession
by Ben Brown: Germany is on the brink of recession as its auto industry hits a 22 year low. Tesla – and the EV movement – has disrupted the backbone of Germany’s economy… […]
3D Printing Of Body Parts Is Coming Fast—But Regulations Are Not Ready
by Dinusha Mendis: In the last few years, the use of 3D printing has exploded in medicine… […]
More Solar For Texans As 150-MW Concho Valley Solar Project Gets Underway
Merit SI, LLC and KOMIPO America, Inc. today announced the execution of a Joint Development Agreement… […]