Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: In the beginning of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, an ape, after hugging a strange monolith, picks up a bone and randomly begins playing with it … and then, as Richard… Read More The post World Wide Weird: Rise of the Cognitive Ecosystem appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: As California and other municipalities set off on the path to zero-carbon energy economies, there is a worldwide search for ways to provide clean, ever-ready power to the grid to balance intermittent… Read More The post For Cleaner, Greener Power, Expand the Definition of “Batteries” appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
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Issues
Abstract: It is true that the United States, once the global leader in electric vehicles, is falling behind China and Europe, as John Paul Helveston writes in “How China Beat the US in… Read More The post Why Buy Electric' appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Velvet Wahl
Abstract: The Biden Administration’s commitment to taking action on climate change has brought new hope to those concerned about decisively addressing the issue. By rejoining the Paris Agreement and signing executive orders that… Read More The post Removing Carbon From the Atmosphere Must Be Part of Climate Change Policy appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: A conservative climate change policy agenda is quietly taking shape in Congress. Stark conservative philosophical differences with progressive climate change leaders such as Sen. Edward Markey (MA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY)… Read More The post The Emerging Republican Climate Policy Framework appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the fact that national isolation is not a viable option for any country, especially in the areas of science and innovation. Bringing the global scientific… Read More The post How National Science Funders Can Strengthen Global Collaboration and Avoid Isolationism appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: Every parent feared that their kid would become a juicer, but Raj had never considered that his daughter might fall for one. He liked to believe that all the juicers lived far… Read More The post The Scent of the Freetails appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: Go anywhere in the United States today, and most people’s relationships to energy are pretty much the same. We drive cars to work and to the mall, and we power our devices… Read More The post Customized Energy Futures appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: Among the many mostly awful consequences of 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic, one should be regarded as a gift: the revelation of the degree to which we order our society around tomorrow being essentially… Read More The post Talking Past Each Other appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Thu, 03 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
Authors:
Jay Lloyd
Abstract: Michael Mann has been in the climate wars for well over a decade now. As he reminds us frequently in this new book, he has been in the crosshairs of his enemies,… Read More The post The Manichean Mann appeared first on Issues in Science and Technology. PubDate: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 10:00:00 +000
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