Dan Drollette Jr
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Northampton, MA, United States
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Interview with Samuel West, founder of the Museum of Failure
We need to embrace the idea that most of our first tries at a new technology—such as those for renewables—will fail at first. But that’s good, so long as we learn from the experiences and move on to the next iteration, until the technology succeeds. → Read More
The eight best Bulletin magazine articles of 2022
A short roundup of some of the magazine's best, available for free for a limited time. → Read More
What do ordinary Russians think? Interview with a Russian independent reporter
What is the pulse of Russia today among average, everyday Russians? → Read More
Russia says Ukraine is preparing a “dirty bomb.” Is it true, and what does it mean?
In addition to sorting out the validity of Russia’s claims—or lack thereof—we also need to define our terms. A dirty bomb is in no way similar to a nuclear weapon, says the NRC. → Read More
California’s wildfires: Best coverage in the media
A roundup of some of the more insightful commentaries about the fires—and one of the best may have actually come from non-traditional media. → Read More
What demographic group cares the most about climate change? Latinos, Yale researchers say.
“Climate is not an issue that only white, upper middle-class, latte-sipping liberals care about” say researchers. → Read More
What the development of penicillin tells us about developing a coronavirus vaccine
In the 1940s, the number two item on the US War Department’s wishlist was the mass production of an antibiotic like penicillin. (Number one was the atomic bomb.) What can we learn about developing a coronavirus vaccine from the penicillin experience? → Read More
Trump, coronavirus, and climate change: using a pandemic to gut the EPA
The all-consuming coronavirus story is burying all kinds of bad news about climate change—especially the Trump administration’s effort to permanently un-do any attempt to rein in the big carbon emitters. → Read More
Best of climate change coverage 2019—and a challenge
What do SUVs, Greta Thunberg, windmills, a smartphone app, the Titanic, Plan B, and the 97 percent all have in common? → Read More
Fusion’s greatest hits, as detailed in the Bulletin
A greatest hits collection of Bulletin coverage of research into fusion as an energy source. → Read More
We need a better Green New Deal — An economist’s take
Investing in a green economy will create about three times more jobs than maintaining our existing fossil fuel infrastructure. So what’s the problem with selling the existing Green New Deal to the country? Plenty, says an economist who has studied a number of different green energy plans. → Read More
A field guide to the Green New Deal
There is a lot of confusion and misinformation as to what is proposed. One or two articles stand out in the effort to fix that. → Read More
Hard numbers help visualize climate change. And it’s not pretty.
New interactive tools help help make sense of what all those statistics mean. → Read More
Six memorable climate change pieces from 2018
An entirely unscientific sampling. → Read More
Florence and the 5 stages of climate change acceptance
Now that we’ve gotten through Hurricane Florence, Americans should be completely up to speed when it comes to dealing with disasters that have been amplified by anthropogenic climate change, right? Not so fast. → Read More
Some cartoonists’ takes on Trump and Kim in Singapore
After spending only four hours together in Singapore, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un already had “developed a very special bond,” according to Trump—which seems to be the major outcome of the summit. Trump apparently sees the summit as a victory for instinct over planning, and claimed that the summit's results were a great outcome for the United → Read More
Singapore meeting: What we know at this time
After a lot of time and plenty of (electronic) ink, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un met face-to-face, and then signed a document. So far, so good, and it would seem to be a great improvement over the nuclear saber-rattling of not so long ago. But what, exactly, did they sign? → Read More
How fast is the Arctic ice retreating? Just listen to it melt.
A melting glacier sounds like a billion bubbles bursting. An iceberg, thousands. And therein lies the secret of “cryoacoustics.” → Read More
How fast is the Arctic ice retreating? Just listen to it melt.
A melting glacier sounds like a billion bubbles bursting. An iceberg, thousands. And therein lies the secret of “cryoacoustics.” → Read More
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize and the Doomsday Clock
Those who read the Bulletin’s bi-monthly magazine, previously known as the journal, will be aware of the difficulty that some anti-nuclear weapons campaigners have had in convincing the world that nukes are a medical problem. → Read More