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■ What’s more energy efficient, shopping online or in stores? 21 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Back in 1998, in the heyday of the dot-com bubble, Pets.com launched. The site was perhaps best known for its ad campaign which featured a sock puppet dog. The company’s business plan was to deliver p...
Tesla Model S scores highest ever safety rating 20 Aug 2013 | 09:25 pm
Todd Woody, writing for Quartz: With no gasoline engine block, the Model S sports a big front crumple zone that absorbs energy and protects passengers in a crash. The car’s massive battery pack sits ...
Science Friday, in case you missed it 19 Aug 2013 | 11:26 pm
I had great fun talking about the hyperloop with Flora Lichtman on Science Friday. In case you missed the live broadcast, you can listen at the link above. ∞
Climate change is making apples soft 19 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
It’s because the trees are flowering earlier, leading to riper fruit at harvest. ∞
Hyperloop on PRI’s The World 19 Aug 2013 | 10:23 pm
In case you missed, it, here’s last Friday’s segment on The World in which I spoke with Marco Werman about the hyperloop and how it stacks up against high-speed transit in other countries. ∞
A half-breathless, half-realistic assessment of the hyperloop 17 Aug 2013 | 12:38 am
Mario Aguilar, writing for Gizmodo, discussing the hyperloop: Trains failed in America because they’re expensive and not really better than the alternatives. Amtrak’s “high-speed” Acela trains are a ...
Places Actually Discovered by Europeans, Mapped 16 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Mostly small, remote islands. ∞
Iraq’s first national park 16 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
Ariel Schwartz, writing for Fast.Co Exist: It took nearly a decade’s worth of work, but Iraq finally has its first national park: the Central Marshes of Iraq, a 1,000 square kilometer site filled wit...
More hyperloop on PRI’s The World 16 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
If you haven’t gotten enough hyperloop by 3 pm eastern today, listen in to PRI’s The World. I’ll be talking with host Marco Werman about how hyperloop stacks up the high-speed transit in other countri...
Talking hyperloop tomorrow on Science Friday 16 Aug 2013 | 01:39 am
I’ll be on the public radio show Science Friday tomorrow at 2 pm eastern to talk about hyperloop, maglev, and high-speed rail. The segment should be available online sometime broadcast, but you can al...
