Monthly Archives: May, 2025

FDA Approves Gene-Edited Pigs for Food

Mrigakshi Dixit of Interesting Engineering reports that the FDA has approved gene-edited pigs from UK firm PIC for human consumption. Using CRISPR, the pigs...

New AI Tool Aims to Break China’s Grip on Minerals

Ernest Scheyder of Mining.com reports that the US Defense Department AI program to forecast critical mineral prices and reduce reliance on China has been...

Be a Hero: Power Grid Blackout USA

The cause of the recent major power outage in Spain was a blackout in renewable solar energy, a problem many warned would happen. What...

Beijing Weighs Trade Talks After Trump Tariff Hike

Bloomberg reports that China signaled possible trade talks with the U.S. following Trump’s recent tariff hikes, saying it's evaluating outreach from Washington. While Beijing...

Trump Closes Tariff Loophole

Michael Dorgan of Fox Business reports President Trump ended the de minimis tariff loophole, targeting low-value Chinese imports from Shein and Temu to curb...

Popular

Study Challenges Claims About Data Center Energy Costs

A new study by researchers at Harvard University and...

Why Diesel Prices Have Surged Across the U.S.

U.S. diesel prices have risen sharply due to high...

Many States to Increase Fuel Taxes in 2026

The US Energy Information Administration reports that many states...

The Investment Idea that made Warren Buffett Billions

Last week E.J. posted part I in his series on...

Solid-State Transformers Could Transform the Future of the Power Grid

The global electricity grid is facing growing pressure from...

This is Why Economic Policy Keeps Getting Worse

Noah Smith wrote a piece last week for Bloomberg...

Your Survival Guy’s RAGE Gauge for My Millionaires

Your Survival Guy’s RAGE Gauge is in, and I...

The Dow’s Dismal Performance

This is an excerpt from the August 2014 issue...

Wisdom from The Intelligent Investor

Wisdom from Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor, first published...

Coke Production Plummets: US Steel Industry Shifts to Electric Arc Furnaces

In 2025, the United States produced 10 million short...