Wind Beats Coal

Wind power is now cheaper than power from coal. Surprisingly rapid adoption and advances mean electricity can be generated from Continue reading →

Data That Matters June 2017

Atmospheric CO2 hit record 409.65 ppm. US job openings were near record highs at 5.7M, but there were still 6.9M Continue reading →

Free Water From Free Air

A new kind of material has been developed that filters air to extract water with little or no additional energy Continue reading →

Mining Landfills

No longer just an interesting idea, progress is being made on mining landfills for precious resources. We have a wasteful Continue reading →

Computers Invent Their Own Language

Artificial intelligence programs have developed their own language for talking with each other. Facebook wanted to see if their chatbots Continue reading →

Quantum Telecommunications Tested

Quantum entanglement is one of physic’s mysteries. Information can travel instantaneously, faster than the speed of light. Hypothetically, that could Continue reading →

17 Qubit Computer Created

Under the heading of “dull and temporary but important”, IBM has built and is operating a 17 qubit quantum computer. Continue reading →

Taxing Robots In New Economy

Enough data has been collected to at least draw a correlation between robots and jobs. For every 1% increase in Continue reading →