By MIKE MAGEE Stanford neuroscientist, David Eagleman, reminded us this week that “A coherent explanation of consciousness eludes modern science.” That was his opening line in the New York Times…
Year: 2026
China exports a ton of cleantech — and the world is poised to want more
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . When it comes to clean energy, China makes — and the world takes. The country produces the vast majority…
What to know before you get balcony solar
Canary Media’s “ Electrified Life ” column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Balcony…
Pacific leaders summit highlights dangers of fossil fuel dependence and urgency of energy transition, finance
PORT VILA, Friday 17 April 2026 — Pacific governments and civil society came together in Vanuatu this week as part of a key regional meeting ahead of the landmark First International…
Federal policy on biofuels goes from bad to worse under Trump
Canary Media’s ” Eating the Earth ” column explores the connections between the food we eat and the climate we live in. In late March, President Donald Trump dramatically expanded…
Big grid batteries are finally on a roll in New England
Enormous new batteries keep appearing on the grid, making it devilishly tricky to keep track of which is the biggest in a given region. That’s certainly the case in New…
Concierge Care for All: Yes, It Really Is That Simple
By MATTHEW HOLT & CLAUDE You’ll recall that a few weeks back I gave Claude some prompts and my entire corpus of work on THCB and asked it to write…
Soumen Mallick | No one-size-fits-all forest management: what elevation reveals about herbivory and plant stress
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Soumen Mallick – a Postdoctoral researcher at Field Station Fabrikschleichach, University of Würzburg – discusses the paper “Elevation reverses the effects of forest…
Give That 1337 a Job!
By KIM BELLARD Chances are someone in your family is a gamer. Maybe you are a gamer yourself. After all, somewhere between two-thirds and three-fourths of Americans play video games,…
Georgia Power will now let data centers bring their own clean energy
After years of negotiations, data centers and other large customers of Georgia Power have finally won a pathway to pay for their own new clean energy projects to be built…