Humanizing Energy Futures | Summer 2024 | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/40-4/ The best minds on the most important topics. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Humanizing Energy Futures | Summer 2024 | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/40-4/ 32 32 Combining Tradition and Technology https://issues.org/traditional-ecological-knowledge-chesnais-forum/ https://issues.org/traditional-ecological-knowledge-chesnais-forum/#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43392 In “Reform Federal Policies to Enable Native American Regenerative Agriculture” (Issues, Spring 2024), Aude K. Chesnais, Joseph P. Brewer II, Kyle P. Whyte, Raffaele Sindoni Saposhnik, and Michael Kotutwa Johnson… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/traditional-ecological-knowledge-chesnais-forum/feed/ 0 Educating Engineers for a New Nuclear Age https://issues.org/educating-engineers-new-nuclear-verma-snyder-daly/ https://issues.org/educating-engineers-new-nuclear-verma-snyder-daly/#respond Mon, 16 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42838 Engineering education has long prioritized technical mastery above all else. And though such prioritization has equipped engineers with powerful analytical tools, this singular focus has left them unprepared to address some of… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/educating-engineers-new-nuclear-verma-snyder-daly/feed/ 0 What Can Fusion Energy Learn From Biotechnology? https://issues.org/fusion-energy-lessons-biotechnology-lo-whyte/ https://issues.org/fusion-energy-lessons-biotechnology-lo-whyte/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42840 Recent advances in fusion energy research have renewed excitement around this potentially transformative way to produce electricity and replace fossil fuel energy sources. Although fusion appears to face barriers that are unique… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/fusion-energy-lessons-biotechnology-lo-whyte/feed/ 0 The Anthropocene: Gone But Not Forgotten https://issues.org/anthropocene-ghosh-forum/ https://issues.org/anthropocene-ghosh-forum/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43336 In “A Fond Farewell to the Anthropocene” (Issues, Spring 2024), Ritwick Ghosh advances an insightful—and often neglected—analysis. The long-running controversies around the geophysical science of the Anthropocene have not only… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/anthropocene-ghosh-forum/feed/ 0 A Public Path to Building a Star on Earth https://issues.org/public-path-fusion-deployment-ford/ https://issues.org/public-path-fusion-deployment-ford/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42842 Although it has been compared to “creating a star on earth,” fusion technology faces many earthbound challenges if it is to fulfill its promise of producing low-carbon energy. At times, public trust… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/public-path-fusion-deployment-ford/feed/ 0 Welcome to Our Beautiful Power Plant https://issues.org/land-art-generator-initiative-monoian-ferry/ https://issues.org/land-art-generator-initiative-monoian-ferry/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43294 Light Up, a Land Art Generator artwork by Martin Heide, Dean Boothroyd, Mike Rainbow, Jan Talacko, John Bahoric, Bryan Chung, Chea Yuen Yeow Chong, and Anna Lee, incorporates flexible monocrystalline silicon… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/land-art-generator-initiative-monoian-ferry/feed/ 0 Global Diplomacy for the Arctic https://issues.org/global-diplomacy-arctic-shok-ginsbach-forum/ https://issues.org/global-diplomacy-arctic-shok-ginsbach-forum/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43285 The Arctic was long known as a region where the West and Russia were able to find meaningful ways to collaborate, motivated by shared interests in concerns in environmental protection and sustainable… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/global-diplomacy-arctic-shok-ginsbach-forum/feed/ 0 An Ambidextrous Approach to Nuclear Energy Innovation https://issues.org/ambidexterous-approach-nuclear-energy-innovation-metzler-messinger/ https://issues.org/ambidexterous-approach-nuclear-energy-innovation-metzler-messinger/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42844 After many years of stagnation, a new wave of nuclear energy innovation is underway. Announcements of scientific and technical advances from laboratories and fusion and fission companies have become a regular occurrence.… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/ambidexterous-approach-nuclear-energy-innovation-metzler-messinger/feed/ 0 Go to Hell, Robots! https://issues.org/rur-vision-artificial-life-capek-review-trump/ https://issues.org/rur-vision-artificial-life-capek-review-trump/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=42824 In 1920, what might be the most successful anthology in German-language publishing history appeared. Menschheitsdämmerung, or“Twilight of Humanity,” collects 275 poems, many of which rage against the Machine Age. Viewing Europe… Read More

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]]> https://issues.org/rur-vision-artificial-life-capek-review-trump/feed/ 0 Boosting Hardware Start-ups https://issues.org/boosting-hardware-start-ups-burer-forum/ https://issues.org/boosting-hardware-start-ups-burer-forum/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://issues.org/?p=43223 In “Letting Rocket Scientists Be Rocket Scientists: A New Model to Help Hardware Start-ups Scale” (Issues, Spring 2024), John Burer effectively highlights the challenges these companies face, particularly in the… Read More

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