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Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author / Public domain · source Record Low Danube Forces Hungary to Shut Its Only Nuclear Plant
Hungary's Paks nuclear plant is shutting down entirely because the Danube has fallen below its cooling intakes — during a heatwave that spikes demand.
Photo: ThreePhaseAC / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source A Longer-Lasting Light Bulb Is a Worse Light Bulb
The 1925 bulb cartel is the classic planned-obsolescence story. The tungsten physics underneath it says a longer-lived bulb is a dimmer, costlier one.
Photo: Kristoferb / CC BY-SA 3.0 · source Battery Makers Are Betting Billions on a Solid Electrolyte
Why CATL, BYD, Samsung and $4bn of startups are chasing solid-state batteries — and why the technology keeps failing to arrive.