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April 16, 2019 climate / Essays / opinion / society / technology

Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 2

The technological train of energy market disruption has left the station. How fast will it pick up speed? (3200 words)

April 16, 2019 climate / Essays / opinion / society / technology

Bubble, bubble, is oil in trouble? The carbon bubble, Part 3

How big might the bubble be, and who gets hurt if it pops? The trillion pound gorilla. (2200 words)

March 4, 2019 astronomy / Essays / physics / technology

In praise of astonishment

Does our love of the new and strange, both in literature and science, flow from the same wellspring? On the restorative power of surprise. (900 words)

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