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895                        <a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/category/business-government/" class="td-post-category" >Business/Government</a>                        <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/reconciling-environmental-issues-with-the-global-thirst-for-energy/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="Reconciling Environmental Issues with the Global Thirst for Energy" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Climate.-Carney-Energy-and-Trump-485x360.png"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
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898                                        
899                    <h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/reconciling-environmental-issues-with-the-global-thirst-for-energy/"  rel="bookmark" title="Reconciling Environmental Issues with the Global Thirst for Energy">Reconciling Environmental Issues with the Global Thirst for Energy</a></h3>
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904                                                                        <span class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-10-01T12:18:34-04:00" >October 1, 2026</time></span>                                                                        <span class="td-module-comments"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/reconciling-environmental-issues-with-the-global-thirst-for-energy/#respond">0</a></span>                                </span>
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907                    <div class="td-excerpt">Which is more important?
908
909Solving climate change or
910
911Providing all the energy needed to meet 21st-century demand.
912
913Right now, energy thirst appears to take precedence over solving...</div>
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926                                        
927                    <h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/a-wakeup-call-presenting-the-climate-change-problem-we-created-is-ours-to-fix/"  rel="bookmark" title="A Climate Change Wakeup Call &#8211;
927 Part 2: The Problem We Created is Now Ours to Fix">A Climate Change Wakeup Call &#8211; Part 2: The Problem We Created is Now Ours to Fix</a></h3>
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929                                                        
930                                                            <span class="td-author-date">
931                                                                                                            <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-09-06T11:51:25-04:00" >September 6, 2026</time></span>                                                                                                        </span>
932                                                    </div>
933                    
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942                                                <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/tapping-the-heat-beneath-our-feet-has-geothermal-come-of-age/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="Tapping the Heat Beneath Our Feet: Has Geothermal Come of Age?" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Harvesting-the-heat-beneath-our-feet-218x150.jpg"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
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945                                        
946                    <h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/tapping-the-heat-beneath-our-feet-has-geothermal-come-of-age/"  rel="bookmark" title="Tapping the Heat Beneath Our Feet: Has Geothermal Come of Age?">Tapping the Heat Beneath Our Feet: Has Geothermal Come of Age?</a></h3>
947                                            <div class="td-editor-date">
948                                                        
949                                                            <span class="td-author-date">
950                                                                                                            <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-08-26T15:09:37-04:00" >August 26, 2026</time></span>                                                                                                        </span>
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1056                        <a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/category/environment/" class="td-post-category" >Environment</a>                        <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/super-eruption-candidates-pose-future-disastrous-consequences-for-earth/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="Super Eruption Candidates That Could Pose Future Disastrous Events on Earth" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/VEI-7-eruption-485x293.png"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
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1061                    
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1063                                                        
1064                                                            <span class="td-author-date">
1065                                                                        <span class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-10-02T17:11:32-04:00" >October 2, 2026</time></span>                                                                        <span class="td-module-comments"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/super-eruption-candidates-pose-future-disastrous-consequences-for-earth/#respond">0</a></span>                                </span>
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1067                    
1068                    <div class="td-excerpt">Have you ever heard of the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI)? I hadn&#039;t until I read an article describing potential future volcanic eruptions and Yellowstone...</div>
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1085                                                        
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1090                    <div class="td-excerpt">Which is more important?
1091
1092Solving climate change or
1093
1094Providing all the energy needed to meet 21st-century demand.
1095
1096Right now, energy thirst appears to take precedence over solving...</div>
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1136                                                                                                            <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-09-21T14:07:43-04:00" >September 21, 2026</time></span>                                                                                                        </span>
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1153                    
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1157                                                                                                            <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-09-14T15:34:07-04:00" >September 14, 2026</time></span>                                                                                                        </span>
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1178                                                                                                            <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-09-10T16:10:50-04:00" >September 10, 2026</time></span>                                                                                                        </span>
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1505                                                                        <span class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-09-27T11:49:33-04:00" >September 27, 2026</time></span>                                                                        <span class="td-module-comments"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/how-dentistry-is-using-technological-innovations-for-patient-practice/#respond">0</a></span>                                </span>
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1508                    <div class="td-excerpt">Please welcome back Paige Linton to the 21st Century Tech Blog. This is the third of her articles I am publishing on this site....</div>
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1518                                                <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/will-we-let-ai-into-the-surgical-or-in-the-future/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="Will We Let AI Into the Surgical OR Soon?" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Lila-Warren-AI-in-the-OR-485x360.jpg"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
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1521                                        
1522                    <h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/will-we-let-ai-into-the-surgical-or-in-the-future/"  rel="bookmark" title="Will We Let AI Into the Surgical OR Soon?">Will We Let AI Into the Surgical OR Soon?</a></h3>
1523                    
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1525                                                        
1526                                                            <span class="td-author-date">
1527                                                                        <sp
1527an class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-08-30T12:18:37-04:00" >August 30, 2026</time></span>                                                                        <span class="td-module-comments"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/will-we-let-ai-into-the-surgical-or-in-the-future/#respond">0</a></span>                                </span>
1528                                                    </div>
1529                    
1530                    <div class="td-excerpt">Please welcome back Lila Warren to the 21st Century Tech Blog. This is her fourth contribution. Once again, the topic is artificial intelligence (AI)....</div>
1531                    
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1540                                                <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/closing-in-on-explaining-what-causes-congenital-heart-defects/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="Closing in on Explaining What Causes Congenital Heart Defects" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Congenital-Heart-Disease-U-of-Copenhagen-study-485x360.jpg"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
1541                
1542                <div class="td-module-meta-info">
1543                                        
1544                    <h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/closing-in-on-explaining-what-causes-congenital-heart-defects/"  rel="bookmark" title="Closing in on Explaining What Causes Congenital Heart Defects">Closing in on Explaining What Causes Congenital Heart Defects</a></h3>
1545                    
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1547                                                        
1548                                                            <span class="td-author-date">
1549                                                                        <span class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-08-18T19:14:22-04:00" >August 18, 2026</time></span>                                                                        <span class="td-module-comments"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/closing-in-on-explaining-what-causes-congenital-heart-defects/#respond">0</a></span>                                </span>
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1551                    
1552                    <div class="td-excerpt">In 1984, when our daughter was born, she was diagnosed with congenital defects that included an abnormal heart. The heart condition is called Tetralogy...</div>
1553                    
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1561                                    <div class="td-image-container">
1562                                                <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/when-rfk-jr-cut-mrna-research-it-didnt-stop-moderna-from-creating-mflusiva/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="When RFK Jr. Cut mRNA Research It Didn&#8217;t Stop Moderna From Creating mFlusiva" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Kennedy-defunds-mRNA-research-485x360.jpg"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
1563                
1564                <div class="td-module-meta-info">
1565                                        
1566                    <h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/when-rfk-jr-cut-mrna-research-it-didnt-stop-moderna-from-creating-mflusiva/"  rel="bookmark" title="When RFK Jr. Cut mRNA Research It Didn&#8217;t Stop Moderna From Creating mFlusiva">When RFK Jr. Cut mRNA Research It Didn&#8217;t Stop Moderna From Creating mFlusiva</a></h3>
1567                    
1568                                            <div class="td-editor-date">
1569                                                        
1570                                                            <span class="td-author-date">
1571                                                                        <span class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-08-10T11:46:43-04:00" >August 10, 2026</time></span>                                                                        <span class="td-module-comments"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/when-rfk-jr-cut-mrna-research-it-didnt-stop-moderna-from-creating-mflusiva/#respond">0</a></span>                                </span>
1572                                                    </div>
1573                    
1574                    <div class="td-excerpt">An mRNA vaccine has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past week for seasonal influenza. mFlusiva is a...</div>
1575                    
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1583                                    <div class="td-image-container">
1584                                                <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/ai-is-changing-healthcare-service-and-patient-interaction/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="Artificial Intelligence is Changing Healthcare Service and Patient Interactions" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AI-healthcare-advisor-485x360.jpg"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
1585                
1586                <div class="td-module-meta-info">
1587                                        
1588                    <h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/ai-is-changing-healthcare-service-and-patient-interaction/"  rel="bookmark" title="Artificial Intelligence is Changing Healthcare Service and Patient Interactions">Artificial Intelligence is Changing Healthcare Service and Patient Interactions</a></h3>
1589                    
1590                                            <div class="td-editor-date">
1591                                                        
1592                                                            <span class="td-author-date">
1593                                                                        <span class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-07-11T12:43:04-04:00" >July 11, 2026</time></span>                                                                        <span class="td-module-comments"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/ai-is-changing-healthcare-service-and-patient-interaction/#respond">0</a></span>                                </span>
1594                                                    </div>
1595                    
1596                    <div class="td-excerpt">It seems like every other article posted on this blog site of late references artificial intelligence (AI). This one was inspired by something Lila...</div>
1597                    
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1698                                                                        <span class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-09-24T17:55:12-04:00" >September 24, 2026</time></span>                                                                                                        </span>
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1881<div class="td-block-title-wrap"><h4 class="block-title td-block-title"><span class="td-pulldown-size">POLITICS &amp; TECHNOLOGY</span></h4></div><div id=tdi_73 class="td_block_inner td-mc1-wrap">
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1885                                                <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/changing-earth-map-a-wakeup-call-for-global-north-countries/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="Changing How We See Earth&#8217;s Map Becomes a Wakeup Call for Global North Countries" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Mercator-vs-Earth-Equal-Projection-of-Africa-and-Europe-485x360.jpg"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
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1889                    <h3 class="entry-title td-module-title"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/changing-earth-map-a-wakeup-call-for-global-north-countries/"  rel="bookmark" title="Changing How We See Earth&#8217;s Map Becomes a Wakeup Call for Global North Countries">Changing How We See Earth&#8217;s Map Becomes a Wakeup Call for Global North Countries</a></h3>
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1894                                                                        <span class="td-post-author-name"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/author/lenrosen4/">lenrosen4</a> <span>-</span> </span>                                    <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-09-26T13:14:11-04:00" >September 26, 2026</time></span>                                                                                                        </span>
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1907                                                <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/rapid-ai-evolution-has-developers-calling-for-regulation-and-guardrails/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="The AI Danger Debate is Getting Very Real: Who Should We Listen To?" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/frontier-AI-threats.jpg-218x150.png"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
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1916                                                                                                            <span class="td-post-date"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2026-09-16T16:37:41-04:00" >September 16, 2026</time></span>                                                                                                        </span>
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1928                                                <div class="td-module-thumb"><a href="https://www.21stcentech.com/the-u-s-today-has-abdicated-its-scientific-health-economic-trade-and-moral-leadership/"  rel="bookmark" class="td-image-wrap" title="The U.S. Today Has Abdicated Its Scientific, Health, Economic, Trade and Moral Leadership" ><span class="entry-thumb td-thumb-css" data-type="css_image" data-img-url="https://www.21stcentech.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/America-abdicates-leadership-218x150.jpg"  ></span></a></div>                                                                    </div>
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