Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

3 weeks ago | e360.yale.edu | Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

As interest in nuclear power rises, startups are pursuing plans to recycle spent fuel and reuse its untapped energy to power reactors. Advocates tout new recycling methods as a breakthrough, but many experts warn it will extract plutonium that could be used for nuclear weapons. Nuclear power plants keep their waste close by. Every nuclear power plant in the United States includes an area onsite where spent fuel is being stored.

3 weeks ago | e360.yale.edu | Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

As interest in nuclear power rises, startups are pursuing plans to recycle spent fuel and reuse its untapped energy to power reactors. Advocates tout new recycling methods as a breakthrough, but many experts warn it will extract plutonium that could be used for nuclear weapons. Nuclear power plants keep their waste close by. Every nuclear plant in the United States includes an area onsite where spent fuel is being stored.

1 month ago | nationalgeographic.com | Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Jean-Marc Jancovici is a rare specimen: a climate and energy nerd who is also something of a rock star. In the early 2000s, the French author and engineering consultant devised a carbon accounting system that is now widely used by companies in Europe to track their greenhouse gas emissions.

Oct 30, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Richard Lea |Kathryn Harkup |Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow |Anthony Grafton

It is hard to admit when we don’t know something. We often prefer to flannel or fabricate than to say we don’t have the answer. According to the philosopher Andy Clark, this tendency to invent runs deep. We perceive the world by constructing mental models and seeing where those models don’t apply – an account of perception that suggests illusions are simply ordinary cognitive processing confronted with extraordinary situations.

Sep 11, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

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