Daily Archives: Jul 4, 2026

James Thompson

World’s First Hydrogen Well Sparks Global Hunt for Crust’s Hidden Energy

A lighted cigarette in the Malian village of Bourakébougou in 1987 ignited a hydrogen explosion from the local water well, which was due to the invisible component of pure hydrogen diffusing from the earth. Thirty years would follow until the same water well accessed the earth’s first "productive” reservoir...
James Thompson

Rare High-Speed Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Nears Earth Dec. 19

It's not every decade that an object from another star system streaks through the solar system-and never before has such a visitor been clocked at 130,000 miles per hour. Comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object, is now outbound after skimming past the Sun on October 29, 2025,...
William Harrison

9 Strategic Shifts in Russia’s Unequal Wartime Partnership with China

"What is the implication of a one-time great energy power resorting to selling its oil at garage sale prices to its neighbor? The economic turn of Russia during its war effort in China is more than a mere question of economic survival. Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022,...