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Mar 3, 2022

Carbon as a currency

Posted by in categories: climatology, economics, sustainability

As I have contemplated climate change over the past months, it seems as though linking currency to carbon could open the door to a more sustainable economy.

Mar 3, 2022

What Technological Innovation Will Have the Greatest Impact in the Next 15 Years?

Posted by in category: innovation

The facility near Oxford will be 70% to commercial scale and should be operational by 2025.

Mar 3, 2022

What is the State of Sustainable Investments in 2022?

Posted by in categories: finance, sustainability

Finance and investment companies as well as customers looking for more environmentally responsible portfolios have all caught the ESG bug.

Mar 3, 2022

Is Our Planned Obsolescence Economic Model Sustainable?

Posted by in categories: economics, sustainability

Did you know that much of what we buy is built for obsolescence significantly contributing to pollution and global warming?

Mar 3, 2022

Here’s why NASA plans to let the International Space Station disintegrate into the atmosphere

Posted by in categories: economics, space

One of the greatest achievements of mankind is the International Space Station, which brings together astronauts from across the globe to cooperate on groundbreaking research. The International Space Station (ISS) will be decommissioned in 2024, following which a new generation of space stations will take its place. When more people are able to travel space, new political and economic conflicts will be inevitable.

Low-Earth orbit is becoming less important as NASA shifts its attention to transporting people to the moon and ultimately Mars. During this transition, the space agency plans to lease out space stations operated by private corporations for its astronauts to use. ISS will burn up and disintegrate in the atmosphere when the new stations are ready.

Anyone who wants to work in space at some time in the future will be forced to pick among a number of different locations. That implies that governments will not only be employing these new stations to improve their national space programs but also as lucrative economic endeavors, too.

Mar 3, 2022

China complains of close encounters with SpaceX Starlink satellites, Conducts preventive maneuvers to avoid collisions

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, health, internet, satellites

SpaceX Starlink satellites twice approached the Chinese Space Station (CSS) in orbit, prompting China to warn of “close contacts” with Elon Musk’s space program.

Both the July 1 and October 21 incidents prompted the Chinese spacecraft to perform collision avoidance maneuvers. The Chinese team told the UN secretary-general in a diplomatic statement they provided earlier this month that on both occasions there were crew members on board, “which might represent a hazard to the lives or health of astronauts.”

Since its launch on April 29, the CSS “Tiangong” has maintained a nearly circular orbit at a height of around 390 kilometers with an orbital inclination of about 41.5 degrees.

Mar 3, 2022

Egypt’s President al-Sisi has opened the 4th Largest Solar Plant in the world and the largest in Africa in the desert of Aswan

Posted by in category: space

It was constructed at a cost of $4 Billion and will provide the electricity needs of 14 million Egyptians.


NASA has asked the private sector to design new spacesuits that can be used on the Moon.

Mar 3, 2022

Remote Control Behavior with Rewarding Electrical Stimulation of the Brain, 1965 (Remote Controlled Dogs)

Posted by in categories: food, neuroscience

According to the research program’s abstract:

“The specific aim of the research program was to examine the feasibility of controlling the behavior of a dog, in an open field, by means of remotely triggered electrical stimulation of the brain. The report describes such a system which depends for its effectiveness on two properties of electrical stimulation delivered to certain deep lying structures of the dog brain: the well-known reward effect, and a tendency for such stimulation to initiate and maintain locomotion in a direction which is accompanied by the continued delivery of stimulation. Experiments on the parameters of stimulation are described, in addition to an experiment on the ability of a conventional reinforcer, food, to disrupt ongoing, free field behavior under the control of rewarding brain stimulation. Finally, supporting research employing albino rats is summarized. (Author)”

One document was released by the CIA in late 2018 after a FOIA request by The Black Vault. The document, redacted in some parts with details missing, highlighted the research of creating remote control dogs using implants on the brain. The record’s release was specifically highlighted by Newsweek, which as a result, was picked up by many other outlets.

Mar 3, 2022

State Grid of China switches on world’s largest pumped-hydro station

Posted by in category: futurism

Located in China’s Hebei province, the 3.6GW facility consists of 12 reversible pump generating sets with a capacity of 300MW each and has a power generation capacity from storage of 6.612 billion kWh.

Mar 3, 2022

New NASA research brings Warp Speed inches closer to reality: Looks more promising than ever

Posted by in category: physics

In our everyday lives, we may take light for granted, yet for decades, the idea of measuring its attributes and overcoming its obstacles has piqued our interest. First discovered in 1,676 by Danish astronomer Ole Roemer; scientists had previously considered the speed of light was either impossible to measure or unlimited.

Light travels at a speed of 299,792 kilometers per second, which can now be readily found on the internet thanks to the work of other scientists. In 1916, Albert Einstein published his renowned theory of general relativity, in which he said, among other things, that no known object can move faster than the speed of light.

This was a significant moment in history. Attempting to break through that barrier has captivated us ever since, inspiring innumerable creative minds to try their hand at it.