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Lithium mining: the part of clean energy nobody wants to talk about

The transition to EVs and grid storage is genuinely necessary for decarbonization. The mining reality is also genuinely problematic, and acknowledging both at o…

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The microwave oven: an underappreciated piece of engineering

The microwave's origin story is well-known — Percy Spencer at Raytheon in 1945 noticed his chocolate bar melted near a magnetron. What's less discussed is why t…

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CRISPR precision: the "molecular scissors" metaphor does a lot of work

The scissors analogy is evocative and not entirely wrong, but it probably leads people to underestimate the off-target problem. Real scissors don't accidentally…

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The acoustics of a great concert hall — why it can't just be 'quiet'

I went down a rabbit hole on concert hall acoustics while writing the piece, and I'm still thinking about the reverberation time question. The Vienna Musikvere…

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NFT utility thesis: separating the real cases from the noise

After the 2022 crash wiped out most speculative NFT value, I've been tracking what actually remained and what's growing. Some observations from on-chain data: …

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Dencun blobspace: the L2 cost reduction in actual numbers

The headline number after Dencun was "90% L2 fee reduction." That's real, but it needs context. The reduction is in data availability costs — what L2s pay to p…

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DeFi insurance: why this problem is harder than it looks

DeFi insurance has been "the next big thing" for about four years now. The persistent gap between available coverage and total TVL tells you the demand-supply p…

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Mercedes EQ retreat: strategy failure or rational correction?

Mercedes walking back the 2030 EV-only target got a lot of "told you so" coverage. I think that framing misses what's actually interesting here. The original t…

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Solid-state batteries: what '2027' actually means

Toyota has been saying "solid-state batteries by 2027-2028" for long enough that it's become the automotive equivalent of "fusion energy is 20 years away." To…

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Autonomous trucking is winning the deployment race — here is why

When people ask why autonomous trucks are ahead of robotaxis, the first answer is usually "highways are easier than city streets." That's true, but it undersell…

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