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Risky plan takes geothermal to supercritical extremes

The Krafla Magma Testbed (KMT) “has the potential to be for geoscientists what the Large Hadron Collider has been for particle physicists.” So say researchers working on the project to drill straight into a magma chamber to explore massive geothermal…

Apple’s ‘Crush’ ad is disgusting

Apple can generally be relied on for clever, well-produced ads, but it missed the mark with its latest, which depicts a tower of creative tools and analog items literally crushed into the form of the iPad. Many, including myself, had…

Three Strategies to Boost Open-Source Security

Strengthening the security of open-source software has become a significant challenge for governments, given the informal and ubiquitous nature of this community. Yet this is a crucial component of the US government’s efforts to promote security by design across software…