The NIMBY War Against MicronFeb 27
a chip company wants to bring 50,000 jobs to syracuse. but mountains of paperwork, 'endangered bats,' and nimbys from literally california have added years to the timeline
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Magic Islands
white pill #36 // nasa's full-scale rotating detonating rocket engine, floating islands on titan's methane lakes, spacex's 2024 plans, lockheed's x-59 reveal, origami-inspired composites, fun stuff
Brandon Gorrell
Jan 13, 2024
Hey readers, it’s great to be back in your inbox yet again with the 36th issue of the world’s best weekly newsletter on the latest developments space, hard tech, energy, engineering, and medicine. This week has something for everyone: items on the “magic islands” theory of things we’re seeing on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan, “droid” delivery expanding across the US, harnessing the power of Icelandic magma, GPT’s ever-increasing relevance in healthcare, the White Pill Investment Index, and tons more.
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The NIMBY War Against Micron
How Claude (Maybe) Went to WarFeb 24
inside anthropic’s supposed discomfort with a pentagon operation, and why you should probably stop tweeting about it
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The Sound of FuryFeb 23
inside anduril's race to build america's first autonomous fighter jet — and the pentagon's bet that robotic airpower will redefine warfare in the decades to come
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