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How the Private Sector Is Shaping the Future of Nuclear Energy

Last week’s groundbreaking approval of the first-ever commercial small modular reactor in the United States fits a wider trend of private-sector leadership on nuclear innovation. We should strive to harness this further, and to remain optimistic about the future of nuclear energy in America.

2020-09-16T03:30:59-0700 National Review Christopher Barnard ($) 10,000 words

Rated 2023-05-01T11:46:20-0700 - elll

Big Tech Sees Like a State

Plus! Pirate’s Treasure, Redux; Takedowns; Antitrust and Laggy Beliefs; Money, The High-Order Bit; More...

2020-11-06T08:32:26-0800 The Diff Byrne Hobart 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-01T22:45:09-0700 - sethherr

The Future of Fertility

Emily Witt on the biotech startups seeking to change human reproduction.

2023-04-17T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Emily Witt 6,000 words

Rated 2023-05-02T10:22:02-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-05-02T21:39:10-0700 - alexandradancing

A new energy source for downtown Boston: the Charles River

The owner of a Kendall Square plant is launching a project to generate steam for Boston and Cambridge by drawing water from the river that runs between them.

2023-05-01T13:10:43-0700 The Boston Globe Jon Chesto ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-02T12:31:48-0700 - jmjmh

Tucker Carlson and the Right

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-05-02T12:35:45-0700 - jmjmh

Would you live next to co-workers for the right price? This company is betting yes

Businesses like Cook Medical in Indiana say the housing shortage makes it harder to recruit and keep middle-income workers. Now, more companies are building places for employees to rent or even buy.

2023-05-02T02:20:10-0700 NPR Jennifer Ludden, Marisa Peñaloza 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-02T16:13:05-0700 - sethherr

When They Warn of Rare Disorders, These Prenatal Tests Are Usually Wrong (Published 2022)

The false positives aren’t mentioned in the brochures for these blood screenings, which are sold by some of the biggest labs in the country.

2022-01-01T10:14:05-0800 The New York Times Sarah Kliff, Aatish Bhatia ($) 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-02T21:38:38-0700 - alexandradancing Rated 2023-05-04T05:52:56-0700 - cindy

When Private Equity Firms Bankrupt Their Own Companies

Private equity firms can succeed when their companies, customers, and employees fail. It’s a broken system.

2023-05-01T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Brendan Ballou ($) 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-02T23:35:44-0700 - sethherr

Is nuclear power attractive or risky? In Minnesota, it’s both.

In Minnesota legislature, climate change has revived Democrats’ interest in nuclear power. But a radioactive leak has rekindled public concerns about safety.

2023-05-01T11:08:00-0700 The Christian Science Monitor Colette Davidson ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-03T06:31:42-0700 - jim

Marketing Malpractice: The Cause and the Cure

Marketing executives focus too much on ever-narrower demographic segments and ever-more-trivial product extensions. They should find out, instead, what jobs consumers need to get done. Those jobs will point the way to purposeful products—and genuine innovation.

2005-11-30T21:00:00-0800 Harvard Business Review 6,000 words

Rated 2023-05-03T16:35:38-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-03-17T16:47:53-0700 - alexandradancing

What Should America Do With Its Nuclear Waste?

Currently there are about 80 locations in 35 states where spent fuel is being stored, with no long-term plans for disposal.

2022-04-11T06:00:00-0700 The Washington Post Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow ($) 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T06:08:32-0700 - cindy

The Nuclear Waste Disposal Dilemma

Nuclear waste disposal is one of the most problematic factors when discussing nuclear power. But why is it dangerous and how are countries dealing with it?

2022-09-11T17:00:51-0700 Earth.Org Martina Igini 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T06:15:32-0700 - cindy

United States of America

This is Earth.Org's profile of the climate change vulnerabilities, updated emissions pledges and environmental policies by sector of the United States.

Earth.Org 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T06:22:29-0700 - cindy Rated 2023-05-04T23:27:36-0700 - sethherr

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Nuclear Energy

In the race to net-zero carbon emissions, should nations rely on nuclear power or should they make space for more fossil fuels and renewable energy?

2023-01-27T17:00:29-0800 Earth.Org Martina Igini 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T09:34:21-0700 - cindy

As nuclear waste piles up, scientists seek the best long-term storage solutions

Researchers study and model corrosion in the materials proposed for locking away the hazardous waste

1970-08-22T12:12:10-0700 American Chemical Society Mitch Jacoby 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T09:39:37-0700 - cindy

Income and emotional well-being: A conflict resolved

Do larger incomes make people happier? Two authors of the present paper have published contradictory answers. Using dichotomous questions about the...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-04T23:56:49-0700 - sethherr

Book Review: From Oversight To Overkill

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2023-04-11T17:08:25-0700 Astral Codex Ten Scott Alexander 60,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T13:38:34-0700 - sethherr

Why has nuclear power been a flop?

Nuclear is expensive, but it should be cheap #Nuclear power

2021-04-16T02:18:28-0700 The Roots of Progress 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T14:06:16-0700 - sethherr

A few words on Ruby's type annotations state

...that were written in a military training camp and accidentally grew to 5k words

zverok.space 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T14:45:30-0700 - sethherr

The Painter Who Inspired a New Ballet

For Christopher Wheeldon’s return to New York City Ballet, he asked the artist Kylie Manning not just for backdrops and costumes but to, as he says, “form a dance within her world.”

2023-05-03T11:31:35-0700 The New York Times Ella Riley-Adams ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-05T18:42:33-0700 - cindy

9 Ways to Imagine Jeff Bezos’ Wealth (Published 2022)

A fortune of $172 billion is almost impossible to fathom. For the magazine’s Money Issue, the artist Mona Chalabi came up with some extremely original comparisons.

2022-04-07T06:21:21-0700 The New York Times Mona Chalabi ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-08T17:17:07-0700 - jim Rated 2023-05-08T21:04:56-0700 - sethherr

We’ve Had a Cheaper, More Potent Ozempic Alternative for Decades

New weight-loss drugs are getting all the hype, but bariatric surgery is still the “gold standard” for treating obesity. #Individual People #Obesity #Surgery

2023-04-25T14:21:00-0700 The Atlantic Yasmin Tayag ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-09T07:29:05-0700 - sethherr

Nora Ephron: On Maintenance

She knows time marches on, she just doesn't want it marching on her. How far will one woman go to keep up appearences? Nora Ephron shares her own maintenance routine. #Writer

2011-04-29T03:55:00-0700 Oprah.com By Nora Ephron 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-11T17:48:08-0700 - elll

The Supreme Court rediscovers humility — in a case about pigs

The justices just did something very unusual: They didn’t try to make themselves even more powerful. #Politics #Supreme Court

2023-05-11T10:55:00-0700 Vox Ian Millhiser 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-11T19:07:08-0700 - Jaog

The Ugly Truth Behind “We Buy Ugly Houses”

ProPublica

Rated 2023-05-11T22:16:37-0700 - sethherr

Our crazy farm subsidies, explained

The US offers farm subsidies pretty heavily for some crops, but what began as a temporary measure gradually became more permanent. #Technology

2015-04-20T02:00:23-0700 Grist Amelia Urry 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-12T19:36:26-0700 - cindy Rated 2023-05-14T22:58:24-0700 - sethherr

The Biden Administration Will Pay Farmers More Money Not to Farm

The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact.

2021-05-01T00:00:00-0700 Governing 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-12T20:18:53-0700 - cindy

Taco Bell’s Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars

Antonia Hitchens writes about how the chain outdid Burger King’s Bacon Sundae, Pizza Hut’s hot-dog-stuffed crust, and KFC’s fried-chicken-flavored nail polish.

2023-04-17T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Antonia Hitchens 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-12T22:14:26-0700 - sethherr

Into Thin AirPods | Defector

I’d like the record to show that I resisted getting AirPods for a long time. Within weeks of their 2016 release, I began spotting them (to my semi-surprise, considering their price) in the ear canals of lots of people on public transit–a reliable barometer of how popular a new tech product will turn out to ...

2023-05-08T10:16:37-0700 defector.com 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-13T06:30:01-0700 - sethherr

Analysis | Trump supporters are neither underrecognized nor half the country

Of all the excuses for airing Trump's unfiltered commentary on a news channel, the idea that his views are otherwise unheard is among the worst.

2023-05-12T07:40:43-0700 The Washington Post Philip Bump ($) 1,000 words

Rated 2023-05-13T08:25:04-0700 - cindy

Shenzhen Tech Girl Naomi Wu: My experience with Sarah Jeong, Jason Koebler, and Vice Magazine

Translator and proofreader’s note: There are large parts of this document that don’t parse well either from Chinese or from Naomi’s written English into more fluent English. In trying to do so, some…

2018-08-05T18:56:42-0700 Medium Naomi 'SexyCyborg' Wu 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-15T07:22:36-0700 - sethherr

Why Did the Obamas Fail to Take On Corporate Agriculture?

Activists hoped President Obama would fight for stronger regulation. Eight years later, they’re still waiting. #Agriculture #Barack Obama #Fast Food #Food & drink

2016-10-05T01:55:45-0700 The New York Times Michael Pollan ($) 6,000 words

Rated 2023-05-15T22:27:38-0700 - sethherr

The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury

How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam #High School

2023-05-08T04:00:00-0700 The Atlantic Ariel Sabar 9,000 words

Rated 2023-05-16T01:06:14-0700 - sethherr

Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease

Common environmental contaminant increased rate of neurodegenerative affliction in one population by 70%

science.org 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-16T10:02:34-0700 - sethherr

How to Quit Cars

Adam Gopnik reviews “Carmageddon,” by Daniel Knowles, and “Paved Paradise,” by Henry Grabar, and considers the shortsighted history of transportation and the possibilities for its future. #Books

2023-05-15T03:00:00-0700 The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T07:28:42-0700 - sethherr

The Driver’s Seat

Adam Gopnik reached middle age and still didn’t know how to drive. How hard could it be?

2015-01-25T16:00:50-0800 The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 6,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T11:38:22-0700 - sethherr

Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-addiction Drug?

People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting. #Drugs

2023-05-19T07:37:59-0700 The Atlantic Sarah Zhang ($) 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-19T16:53:16-0700 - sethherr

Silicon Valley’s Civil War

Tech’s leadership is splitting into two elites—and the battle between them will shape America’s future

2023-05-14T18:30:00-0700 Tablet Magazine Nadia Asparouhova 4,000 words

Rated 2023-05-20T11:38:01-0700 - sethherr

Anti-Fascist. Armed to the Teeth

Hateful rhetoric is leading to armed protests from the far right. But now, they’re not the only ones with weapons

2023-05-18T06:00:00-0700 Rolling Stone Jack Crosbie 200 words

Rated 2023-05-20T12:01:30-0700 - sethherr

Memory Allocation

A visual introduction to memory allocation.

samwho.dev 3,000 words

Rated 2023-05-22T09:29:08-0700 - sethherr

Load Balancing

A bottom-up, animated guide to HTTP load balancing algorithms.

samwho.dev 2,000 words

Rated 2023-05-22T09:49:17-0700 - sethherr Rated 2023-05-22T10:00:59-0700 - elll

How Tokyo Became an Anti-Car Paradise

The world’s biggest, most functional city might also be the most pedestrian-friendly. That’s not a coincidence.

2023-04-11T04:45:01-0700 Heatmap News Daniel Knowles 5,000 words

Rated 2023-05-22T23:39:08-0700 - sethherr

Microbes take the ‘forever’ out of ‘forever chemicals’

Nature - Bacteria that snip fluorine–carbon bonds can degrade certain kinds of PFAS, a class of environmental pollutant.

2023-05-24T00:00:00-0700 Nature 500 words

Rated 2023-05-24T05:18:43-0700 - Jaog

Me and My Girls (Published 2008)

What if I told you I was a fat thug who beat up women and sold bad coke? Now what if I said that I was a recovered crack addict who got custody of my twin girls, got us off welfare and raised them? Both are the story of my life. #Writer

2008-07-19T21:00:00-0700 The New York Times David Carr ($) 8,000 words

Rated 2023-05-24T10:21:52-0700 - elll