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The Power Line Dilemma: Speeding Up Clean Energy vs. Protecting Nature
Imagine our country's electric grid as a giant delivery network. Right now, giant wind turbines and sunny solar panels make tons of clean power out in open fields and breezy plains. The big trouble? We don’t have enough mega-cables-called transmission lines…
3 min readSmart Road App: Helping Builders Flatten the Path!
Imagine you need to build a brand new road, a helicopter landing pad, or an airplane runway right in the middle of a muddy field. Military engineers in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps do this all the time! Their work is called horizontal construction because…
3 min readUber Gears Up: 700 Robotaxis Hitting the Streets by Year's End
Uber, the company that made ordering a car from your phone completely normal, is preparing for a massive shift in how we travel. By the end of this year, the company plans to assemble a fleet of 700 autonomous vehicles—widely known as robotaxis—with plans t…
3 min readElectric Car Maker XPENG Zoomed Past 50,000 Deliveries in a Month!
Electric vehicles are zooming into driveways all over the world, and automaker XPENG just logged an unbelievable milestone! In October, they delivered 50,237 shiny new electric cars to happy drivers. That is a massive 22 percent jump compared to just one mo…
3 min readHawaii's Sun-Powered Island: How Oahu Plans to Run on 100% Clean Energy!
Oahu is a gorgeous island in Hawaii famous for its sandy beaches, giant ocean waves, and bright sunshine. But for a very long time, Oahu had an expensive secret: almost all its electricity came from burning oil that had to be shipped thousands of miles acro…
3 min readCyber-Sneaks Turn Up the Heat on Supermarket Freezers!
Imagine walking into a grocery store and noticing the frozen peas and popsicles are starting to sweat! That is almost what happened across Europe recently when sneaky digital troublemakers carried out a cyber-attack on store cooling systems.
3 min readGiant Electric Cranes Take Over Antwerp's Busy Port!
Busy seaports around the world are packed with ships delivering toys, electronics, and food. Normally, giant metal harbor cranes lift these heavy containers using engines that guzzle diesel fuel and puff out clouds of gray exhaust. But at the Port of Antwer…
3 min readReport Cards for Houses! Eugene's New Energy Checkup
Just like students get report cards at school, houses in Eugene, Oregon are now getting their very own grades! The city council decided that homeowners selling their houses must get an official Home Energy Score. This checkup rates how efficiently a house u…
3 min readCleaning Up the Skies: Hartford Tackles Asthma and Dirty Air
Breathing fresh air should be as easy as taking a sip of cool water! But for many young people and families living in Hartford, Connecticut, taking a deep breath outside can sometimes be tricky. Hartford was recently named one of the top ten cities in Ameri…
3 min readGiant Heat Pumps Are Giving Big Buildings Hot Water Without the Smoke!
Have you ever wondered how a huge apartment building or a busy hotel gets endless hot water for everyone's showers at the exact same time? For decades, buildings burned fossil fuels like gas in giant metal boilers. But now, clean tech called central heat pu…
3 min readSpace Spy Sees France's Famous 'Pink City'!
Satellites flying hundreds of miles above Earth recently snapped a stunning portrait of Toulouse, a busy city in southwest France. When scientists zoomed out, the entire urban landscape showed off a warm, rosy blush!
3 min readPlugging In Across America: More EV Chargers Are Hitting the Road!
Electric cars are super cool because they zoom quietly on battery power instead of burning gasoline. But there has always been one tricky puzzle for drivers: what happens when your battery starts running low during a long road trip? Just like a smartphone n…
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