Politics & Current Affairs — August 31, 2009

3 in one environmental energy resource

The idea is a simple one. Design a “fleet” of platforms that harness the energy of the sea winds, solar and the waves. We at Club Class Concierge are always looking for new ideas to invest in.

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The idea is a simple one. Design a “fleet” of platforms that harness the energy of the sea winds, solar and the waves. We at Club Class Concierge are always looking for new ideas to invest in. See www.clubclassconcierge.com

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Ancient stone structure with stairs under a blue sky with scattered clouds, surrounded by vegetation.

The Past

A beginner’s guide to sociopolitical collapse

How (not) to end up in the ash heap of history.

A fictional map of a continent named eneropa, showing various regions like tidal states, ccsr, and solaria with topographical details and a scale.

Strange Maps

Europe remapped: What the energy utopia “Eneropa” would look like in 2050

A radical proposal reimagines Europe as a carbon-neutral continent where national boundaries are replaced by regions defined by renewable energy capabilities.

An image of the future of US astronomy with a large telescope inside a building.

Starts With A Bang

The future of US astronomy just dimmed by half

Ground-based facilities enable the greatest scientific production in all of astronomy. The NSF needs to be ambitious, and it’s now or never.

An image of a pink spiral on a black background depicting uncertainty.

Starts With A Bang

How quantum uncertainty saved the atom

If nature were perfectly deterministic, atoms would almost instantly all collapse. Here’s how Heisenberg uncertainty saves the atom.

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: Do binary stars prove modified gravity?

Einstein’s laws of gravity have been challenged many times, but have always emerged victorious. Could wide binary stars change all that?

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Environment 101: Breathing Earth Simulator

“View the most impressive site of the world! – Δείτε το πιο εντυπωσιακό site του κόσμου!”rnBreathing Earth. This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.(Suggested by John Patra, Greek blogger extraordinaire, a not to be missed site.)