Yearly Archives: 2024

The Future of Surgery: Robots That Learn From Watching Videos

Mark Johnson of The Washington Post reports that researchers from Johns Hopkins and Stanford have developed robots trained through videos to perform surgical tasks...

A Survival Guy Mix of Stocks for You

Originally posted on August 9, 2024. A few years ago, at a Cato event, Your Survival Guy and Gal had the great pleasure of sharing...

The Mysterious ALS Cluster in the French Alps: Is It Linked to Toxic Mushrooms?

Terence Monmaney of Popular Science reports that in Montchavin, a small French Alps village, a troubling cluster of 14 ALS cases was discovered, raising...

Made in America: Walmart’s Effort to Bring Back Domestic Apparel Manufacturing

Suzanne Kapner of The Wall Street Journal reports by automating production and leveraging Walmart’s commitment to large orders, American Giant was able to sell...

Natural Gas Soars as U.S. and Europe Brace for Cold Weather

Joseph Adinolfi of MarketWatch reports that natural gas prices jumped on Monday due to cold weather forecasts in the U.S. and Europe, and the...

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Are You One of the 77% Who Reported…

Did you know that over three-quarters of Americans had...

The Next Fed Chairman?

In a discussion with reporters on Air Force One,...

EU Sanctions and Refinery Outages Push Diesel Prices Up

The US Energy Information Administration reports that global diesel...

VA Approves New Rate Class for Large Electricity Users, Including Data Centers

The State Corporation Commission has approved a new electricity...

DOE Launches $134 Million Push to Build US Rare Earth Supply Chain

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Critical Minerals...

The Macro Impact of the Data Center Investment Boom

Data center construction and high-tech investments, particularly in the...

Does Your Stock Portfolio Look Like Rudolph Taking Flight?

Happy Monday. Want to get away? Hang in there....

Extreme Weather Hammers U.S. Grid Reliability

The US Energy Information Administration reports that in 2024,...

The Genesis Mission Unites Supercomputers and AI to Drive Next-Gen Science

President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching...

Poland Cuts Rates Again

Poland’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by...