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| Explosive publisher BOOM! Studios announced a new series, Damn Them All, by artist Charlie Adlard and writer Simon Spurrier. And yes, they put Adlard's name first, making Si Spurrier the first writer to take second billing to an artist since the 90s. Is that a compliment to Adlard's star power? Or an insult to Spurrier's? U-DECIDE! In any case, at least Spurrier got billing above colorist Sofie Dodgson and letterer Jim Campbell. Damn Them All promises to introduce "your favorite new occult antihero in a dark…

This week, a new report prepared for the UK Department for Transport found that electric vehicles are greener across their lifecycle than their gas-fueled internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts.  Specifically, lifecycle modeling analysis found that a typical battery electric car is estimated to save up to 65% more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than a conventional petrol car.  But is the research a win for electric vehicle manufacturing or a starting point for really getting stuff done?…

When you think of energy solutions, you might not imagine 100 tonnes of builders’ sand piled inside a huge silo. But one company has actually found that sand can be the secret sauce to energy storage, as it can store heat for months.  How does this work? Finnish startup Polar Night Energy has developed a novel way to store heat.  Yep, it’s a giant silo full of sand! A 4×7 meter steel container is filled with hundreds of tonnes of sand. The sand is then heated with wind or solar energy, and…

I just got back from a walk in Hyde park, headphones in, Max Richter playing, after a sweltering 30C day in London. I stopped halfway to take my trainers off and pad my feet on the grass. This is where I often go when I need to breathe, and not to think.I’ve been a nature nerd since the days of making mud pies (and grass on the side), turning up stones to see worms and woodlice, and foraging for blackberries with the other kids in the village, often to make some sort of inedible fruity soup.When I think about this special…