Starting A New Business Is A Luxury

One path out of poverty in the US has been entrepreneurship. Start a business, work hard, be your own boss. Continue reading →

California Aquifers Emptied

California could use a good rain, a lot of long, soft rains that gently soak into the soil and refill Continue reading →

Damage Resistant Robots

Plants and animals have a distinct ability to heal themselves. Life depends on it. Until recently, this was one thing Continue reading →

Money Controls Countries

Greece and The Ukraine are in financial distress for different reasons. Their solutions, however, involve more money, which means they Continue reading →

Closed Coal Plants

Coal plants are closing. Many of the closures are in response to federal clean air regulations, but many were also Continue reading →

Laser Weapons Shrink

Laser weapons were sci-fi, then large but weak, then large but strong, until lately when they had at least developed Continue reading →

Fossil Fuel Subsidies In Perspective

Big numbers are so common that we become numb to them. Fossil fuel subsidies are $5.3T per year. Break that Continue reading →

Are Apes Persons

Humans are persons. Humans are also animals. That line has also defined law. Now, that line may extend out to Continue reading →