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The Download: Saving the “doomsday glacier,” and Europe’s…
The Thwaites glacier is a fortress larger than Florida, a wall of ice that reaches nearly 4,000 feet above the…
Inside a new quest to save the “doomsday glacier”
The Thwaites glacier is a fortress larger than Florida, a wall of ice that reaches nearly 4,000 feet above the…
Autopsies can reveal intimate health details. Should they be kept private?
This is where things get really complicated. Ethically speaking, we should consider the wishes of the deceased.…
Europe is finally getting serious about commercial rockets
“I expect four or five companies to get to the point of launching, and then over a period of years reliability…
Roundtables: AI Chatbots Have Joined the Chat
Recorded on March 20, 2025
AI Chatbots Have…
The Download: The future of energy, and chatting about chatbots
Where can you find lasers, electric guitars, and racks full of novel batteries, all in the same giant room?…
The elephant in the room for energy tech? Uncertainty.
This year, though, there was an elephant in the room, and it’s the current state of the US federal government.…
4 technologies that could power the future of energy
A major topic of conversation at the ARPA-E summit was geologic hydrogen—there’s a ton of excitement about…
The Download: US aid disruptions, and imagining the future
Around 1,400 infants are being infected by HIV every day as a result of the new US administration’s cuts to…
Powering the food industry with AI
But despite this promise, industry adoption still lags. Data-sharing remains limited and companies across…