Energy Production
Why Thorium is About to Change the World
Thorium reactors are like the solid-state batteries of nuclear power: vastly superior, yet forever on the horizon. But now, a Danish company is ...
Computers & AI
How Living Computers Could Change Everything
It’s no secret that tech companies are racing to build “artificial general intelligence,” or AI that can match a human brain without needing ...
Computers & AI
Why AI’s Progress Might Destroy Its Own Future
You’ve seen the headlines. The viral demos. AI writing essays, generating photorealistic images, even creating entire videos. It feels like we’re living in ...
Misc
How Deep Sea Water is Now Drinkable
Freshwater may soon flow from the depths of the ocean to drought-stricken coastal cities. A handful of companies are betting that crushing deep-sea ...
Renewable Energy
How Waves Could Quietly Overtake Solar & Wind
Every crashing wave delivers a pulse of power. Add them all up, and the ocean carries more energy than the roughly 30,000 TWh ...
Energy Storage
How Structural Batteries Just Got 10X Better
When is a battery more than just a battery? That’s not a riddle. A battery is more than a battery when it’s also ...
Sustainable Tech
How Magnetic Cooling Is Breaking All the Rules
What if I told you your fridge — that humming box in the kitchen — could be cooled without gas, without chemicals … ...
Energy Storage
Why the Biggest Battery Company is Betting Against Lithium
Sodium-ion battery technology isn’t exactly new, but something interesting is happening. CATL, the world’s biggest lithium battery manufacturer, says that up to half ...
Energy Storage
How This Battery Runs on Sugar… Seriously
You’ve heard of paper straws and cups, but how about a paper battery? One you can compost when you’re done with it. Two ...
Energy Storage
How This Overlooked Battery Might Change Everything
Lithium-sulfur batteries were once kind of a joke. A chemistry so unstable and unreliable that no one took them seriously. But now? Multiple ...
