
How Much Power Do You Need To Destroy A Planet?
We petitioned for a Death Star to be built this year, and while the plan was turned down, it left us all asking one simple question. What would it take to actually blow up a planet? Scott Manley looked into the science of replicating the Star Wars space station.

An Email From A Christian: Our Reliance On Energy Has Doomed Us All
So I received a rather condemning email from a Christian, which begins by following the classic 'doom and gloom' scenario of we people condemning ourselves through our lives of sin. Standard practice for several emails that I and probably various other journalists receive.
But this is different.
Android Apps Could Be 2x More Power Efficient Without Ads
75% of in-app battery deplition on Android is caused by background data acquisition and the serving of targeted ads. This was the slightly disconcerting discovery made by a team of researchers from Purdue University and Microsoft.