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Technology adoption should be a key metric for US science and engineering policy

Current tech commercialization policy is misaligned in how it measures success.

Mining the Moon: What It's Going to Take to Start a Lunar Economy

As demand for key minerals grows and their supply becomes constrained by geopolitical tensions, advanced industries are seeking alternative sources.

Quantum-Safe Cryptography: Why it matters and what you need to know

Quantum computers will break today’s encryption. New standards from NIST aim to prevent that.

What a medieval Zen monk can teach us about quantum computing. An image of a dewdrop hanging off a leaf with electronics surrounding it.

Reality is there, whether or not we are able to swallow it whole and come up with tidy words to describe it.

Two Potential Solutions to the Environmental Shortcomings of EV batteries. A breakout of an electric vehicle battery.

Although electric vehicle (EV) companies present themselves as sustainable, the reality is much more complicated.

How Data Sovereignty Protects Indigenous People and Their Languages.

By taking action through data privacy and establishing data sovereignty laws, the people who speak these languages can retain control over how others may use their data.

Human experience does not boil down to statistical probability.