My last post noted that inflation-adjusted natural resource prices—even for exhaustible resources—tend to fall over time. This trend surprises people who think that prices are doomed to rise ...

One of the most fascinating things I learned from reading the biography of John D. Rockefeller recently was that Standard Oil rose to prominence via kerosene, not gasoline. Kerosene was the dominant ...

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Do you see it? The line graph, in the artwork above? Take another look. Whoa, right? Artist and scientist Jill Pelto combines art with scientific data to raise awareness about climate change. In this ...