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6 days ago |
heatmap.news | Andrew Moseman
Construction is a dirty business, literally and figuratively. Mud and gunk and tar come with the territory for those who erect buildings and pave roads for a living. And the industrial machines that provide the muscle for the task run on hulking diesel engines that spew carbon and soot as they work. Heavy equipment feels like an unlikely place to use all-electric power in order to ditch fossil fuels. The sheer size and intense workload of a loader or excavator means it has enormous energy needs.
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2 weeks ago |
heatmap.news | Andrew Moseman
Maybe you remember the time before the “basic economy” fare. A ticket on a major airline like Delta or United used to come with a few automatic amenities, like the ability to choose one’s seats — or, before 2008, even to check a bag without a fee.
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4 weeks ago |
heatmap.news | Andrew Moseman
At the New York International Auto Show this week, Subaru revealed a pair of fully electric vehicles. The newly announced Trailseeker and an updated version of the brand’s Solterra EV are nothing special compared to the other electric vehicles on the market — their range figures, charging speeds, and other stats are solidly middle-of-the-road. Yet their very existence is a leap forward for a car brand that has been wasting an opportunity to target climate-conscious car buyers.
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1 month ago |
magazine.caltech.edu | Andrew Moseman
by Andrew Moseman Perhaps you have never taken a moment to wonder whether a whale has a belly button. To Rob Phillips, Caltech’s Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics, it is exactly the kind of intellectual exercise that amplifies curiosity and leads to a new way of looking at the world. This past winter term, Phillips taught a new class called, simply, The Whale (E100). The great mammals of the sea are fascinating and mysterious, Phillips says.
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1 month ago |
heatmap.news | Andrew Moseman
More than a decade ago, when I was a young editor at Popular Mechanics, we got a Nissan Leaf. It was a big deal. The magazine had always kept long-term test cars to give readers a full report of how they drove over weeks and months. A true test of the first true production electric vehicle from a major car company felt like a watershed moment: The future was finally beginning. They even installed a destination charger in the basement of the Hearst Corporation’s Manhattan skyscraper.
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