Dumb Ways to Die

Can Reusing Spent Nuclear Fuel Solve Our Energy Problems?

Read about Leslie Dewan's plan for transforming spent power reactor fuel into usable energy.

How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math

Here is a great article on the subject of learning.  The author did poorly in math during K-12 but did well in languages.  Becoming fluent in languages apparently triggers something in the brain that opens the door to fluency in mathematics. The human brain is a very interesting phenomena.

Why Trains Suck in America

So here is something completely different.  I've been on the high-speed train in France.  What a shame we don't have a system like this across the USA.  It was quite, smooth, and fast (185 mph).

Fail-Safe Nuclear Power

If man-made global warming is a real threat to this planet, then why have we (the USA) been such slackers in the development of an existing, essentially carbon-free source of energy?  Why are we giving away, for free, the most advanced and safety form of nuclear energy that we developed with our own federal budget dollars?  Our national economic and energy policymakers are either stupid or incompetent, or both.  Here is a good article by Richard Martin in the MIT Technology Review on the status of nuclear energy development in the People's Republic of China.  We had better get a move on or we will be left in the nuclear dust.

Voyagers

Voyagers from Santiago Menghini on Vimeo.

Simon Ramo - A Centennial Achievement

Simon Ramo was a brilliant engineer and co-founder of NAE and TRW.  He passed away last month at the age of 103.  He got a patent at age 100, which is a record.