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If anyone has some free time and can make it this sounds like an interesting, if predictable, lecture.

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Monthly Issue April 2026

In this monthly issue, we examine how our understanding of energy — and how we source and use it — is evolving.

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From landscaped gardens to road systems, the Persians were among the first to create many things we still enjoy today.

by Jonny Thomson

For decades, theorists have been cooking up "theories of everything" to explain our Universe. Are all of them completely off-track?

by Ethan Siegel

As the global economy moves beyond oil, the strategic importance of the world’s most critical hydrocarbon chokepoint is likely to decline rapidly.

by Frank Jacobs

The famous framework ranks civilizations by energy use — but ignores a critical factor that can halt their progress.

by Adam Frank

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