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Reading List 11/15/25
Israel refilling a lake with desalinated seawater, South Korean nuclear subs, ways to make titanium cheap, a “new Bell Labs”, and more.
Nov 15
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 11/8/2025
Gathering robot training data, “love letters” sent to home sellers, the Napier Deltic diesel engine, jumps in electricity demand from electric…
Nov 8
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 11/01/2025
A new semiconductor lithography startup, how to make batteries more like bombs, AI and real estate listings, a monastery being built in Wyoming, and…
Nov 1
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 10/25/25
Jet engine-powered data centers, Brightline train deaths, cracks in a super thin skyscraper, a Chinese particle accelerator, and more.
Oct 25
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 10/18/25
North Korean construction company, data center popularity, why robot dexterity is hard, a map of US solar panels, and more.
Oct 18
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 10/11/2025
Russia’s role in nuclear fuel production, aircraft contrails, homes collapsing in North Carolina, Konrad Zuse’s Helix Tower, and more.
Oct 11
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 10/04/2025
Boeing’s 737 replacement, parking lot investments, a deflected hurricane, opinions on nuclear power, and more.
Oct 4
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 09/27/25
Energy permitting, Chicago’s “affordable” housing, China’s new arctic shipping route, Volvo’s armored cars, and more.
Sep 27
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Brian Potter
46
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Reading List 09/20/25
Shoddy US homebuilding, a foundation model for creating CAD files, ghost kitchens, lunar Helium-3, and more.
Sep 20
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 09/13/2025
3D printing company Icon, transporting wind turbine blades on the largest airplane in the world, insurers funding cloud seeding, earthquakes in the…
Sep 13
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Brian Potter
50
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An Engineering History of the Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project, the US program to build an atomic bomb during WWII, is one of the most famous and widely known major government projects: a…
Sep 11
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Brian Potter
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Reading List 09/06/2025
London homebuilding, historical home prices, a humanoid robot loading a dishwasher, France’s history of nuclear reactor construction, and more.
Sep 6
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Brian Potter
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