Energy
Next-Generation Geothermal System Helps Power the Internet
December 14, 2023
An enhanced geothermal system is sending carbon-free electrons onto the electric power grid in northern Nevada and helping to power the internet.Featured Small Left
Space
Iodine Could Fuel Interstellar Travel, Scientist Says
November 23, 2021
A telecommunications satellite with an iodine-based electric propulsion system has been successfully tested in space.
Archaeology
Iron Age Skis Emerge From Melting Snow
November 9, 2021
Some 1,300 years ago, a pair of skis were lost or abandoned high on a windswept mountain in southern Norway where patches of snow and ice persist year-round.
Climate Change
Water for Beer on a Hopped-Up Planet
October 23, 2019
Beer is about 90 percent water. This fact weighed on Rasmus Broge as he mulled an opportunity to help launch the first microbrewery in Greenland.