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Rare Earths Aren’t Rare, with Julie Klinger-Ep. 254

“Rare earths aren’t actually rare, nor are they earths,” Julie Klinger told me. Julie is an associate professor at UW Madison and literally wrote the book on rare earth elements—Rare Earth Frontiers: From Terrestrial Subsoils to Lunar Landscapes. I interviewed her last week, the day after Trump signed a rare

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Machine Tool Jenga

IMTS is coming in a couple of weeks, so it is a good time to assess where the industry is right now. It is apparent

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Back to School

It’s back to school week in my neighborhood, which means later meals and parents waiting in our living room. My wife Risa will be practicing

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The Summer of ’61

Lloyd is on vacation this week. Below is one of his favorite summer blogs he wanted to share with you again. It was originally published in August

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Flipping the Script

I just listened to a fantastic story on the National Public Radio podcast, Invisibilia. The episode began with a story about a group of friends

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Need a Parachute?

Damon Carson likes to tell stories about the goods he sells. He takes the discards of industry and government and reframes them as wonderfully useful

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