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Jan 13, 2025 | 
bizjournals.com | Will Wright
"In Birmingham, we’ve seen some great startup success stories, but there’s room for more."Recently, I had the chance to present at Plug and Play, one of the world’s most productive startup incubators. Plug and Play has been instrumental in launching companies like PayPal, Dropbox, and Lending Club, and its venture fund has invested in dozens of billion-dollar startups. In Birmingham, we’ve seen some great startup success stories, but there’s room for more.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
wluspectator.com | Will Wright
The Spectator interviewed the newly elected freshman EC representative, Yoong Wen Chong, who gave insight into his past and answered questions about his view of the Honor System. Yoong is an international student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he worked in local politics. He also founded a student council at his high school and served as student body vice president at his college.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
phys.org | Will Wright
A major global study using teabags as a measuring device shows warming temperatures may reduce the amount of carbon stored in wetlands.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
nelsonpub.com | Will Wright
Engineers have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help drastically reduce the formation of fatbergs in sewers. By Will Wright, RMIT UniversityFat, oil, and grease (known as FOG) -- notorious for solidifying inside pipes and concrete sewers -- cause half of all sewer blockages in the United States and 40% in Australia.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
wordandway.org | Will Wright |Jeremy Fuzy |Jeremy Füzy
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: “I don’t follow politics because it’s all just lies and corruption.” Or maybe, “It’s too stressful—I’d rather focus on things I can actually control.” Or even, “Nothing ever changes, so why bother?”I’ve heard these reasons (and even thought them myself at times), but over the years, I’ve realized that disengaging from politics doesn’t make the noise go away—it just leaves the decisions to others.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
33n.atlantaregional.com | Will Wright
Corporate landlords have become a fixture of the Atlanta rental market. An October 30th article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle detailed that American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), a real estate investment trust out of Las Vegas, manages nearly 6,000 single-family rental homes in metro Atlanta. And in a June 4th article, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution named Atlanta as a “top city” for investor-owned rental homes.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
forwardky.com | Will Wright |Bruce Maples
Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s first term was, in many ways, a whirlwind. Shortly after taking office in 2019, Covid-19 began to spread across Kentucky. In 2021, tornadoes in the state’s western counties tore through communities and killed dozens. The next summer, flooding in eastern Kentucky killed more than 40 people and displaced thousands.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
hoptownchronicle.org | Will Wright
Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you see here? You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article and receive more conversations like this in your inbox each week. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s first term was, in many ways, a whirlwind. Shortly after taking office in 2019, Covid-19 began to spread across Kentucky.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
dailyyonder.com | Will Wright
Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you see here? You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article and receive more conversations like this in your inbox each week. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s first term was, in many ways, a whirlwind. Shortly after taking office in 2019, Covid-19 began to spread across Kentucky.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
newatlas.com | Ben Coxworth |Will Wright
Tubular structures that fold flat for storage may not take up much room in that form, but they also tend not to be very strong when deployed. That isn't a problem with an experimental new type of tube, that's inspired by both origami and bamboo. First of all, flat-pack tubes do indeed already exist. They're utilized in applications such as pop-up emergency shelters, medical implants, and even booms that unfurl from solar arrays in outer space.
