Daily Interlude

Bolivia's Lithium-Powered Future

A photo essay what the global battery boom means for the future of South America's poorest country ... more >>

The Fusion Illusion

Nuclear fusion, the process that makes stars shine, could power everything on Earth if we could tame it. But alas, the last half century of fusion research has been a tale of failure and fraud. Max Schulz reviews Charles Seife’s engrossing book Sun in a Bottle ... more >>

Freaked Out Over SuperFreakonomics

Global warming might be solved with a helium balloon and a few miles of garden hose ... more >>

There Will be Blood

Back in his native Sudan for the first time in years, Jamal Mahjoub observes the capital’s newfound oil wealth and argues that focusing narrowly on Darfur while ignoring the secessionist South could spell big trouble for all of Sudan ... more >>

A Reality Check From the Brink of Extinction

The oil and natural gas industry, the coal industry, arms and weapons manufacturers, industrial farms, deforestation industries, the automotive industry and chemical plants will not willingly accept their own extinction. They are indifferent to the looming human catastrophe ... more >>

Ending the Oil Era: An Interview with R. James Woolsey Jr.

Reliance on oil is a major environmental concern and national security issue among industrialized nations, particularly the United States, which uses and imports more oil than any other country. Former CIA director and Hoover Institution senior fellow R. James Woolsey Jr. talks about his take on ending the oil era ... more >>