Distributed energy resources (DER), and the customers who deploy them, are no longer new to the energy space. Consumer-sited DERs such as rooftop solar, stationary batteries, electric vehicles, smart inverters, and dynamic loads are showing up in homes and business across the country, even making appearances at booths within Consumer ...
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Exploring Parts Unknown: The Biodiversity and Evolution of Sea AnemonesThe sum of our knowledge of invertebrate biodiversity is but a drop in the ocean: not only do many species remain undocumented, but those we have named are often known only in very limited ways. Although the magnitude of the task of documenting marine diversity is daunting, the opportunities and ...
Andrea Wulf reveals in her new book the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and how he created the way we understand nature today. Though almost forgotten today, his name lingers everywhere from the Humboldt Current to the Humboldt penguin. Humboldt was an intrepid explorer ...
Sooner or later, humans will walk on the Red Planet. NASA scientist Pascal Lee and The Martian author Andy Weir want it to be “sooner,†and they have deep insights�"both technical and psychological�"about how to make it happen. Join Lee and Weir in conversation with science writer Mary Roach (Packing for ...
Nerd Nite SF #77: Fast Passes, Reality Capture, and the Corpse BrideRemember the good old days, when people flashed their Muni Fast Passes, took selfies with collodion wet plates, and, um, dug up their dead mistresses and crowned them queen? No? Well, come refresh your memories, slake your thirst, and sate your hunger with talks, booze, and bao, respectively. Add the ...
