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Charting How We Talk About Our Nuclear Age

12:20PM March 15, 2011 | Brian Barrett

In the storied history of human language, the idea of nuclear energy has been around for less than a blink of an eye. But even in that relatively short time, the way we’ve discussed all things nuclear has evolved dramatically. More »

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Bill Gates’s New Mission: Zero CO2 Emissions

8:33AM February 13, 2010 | Brian Barrett

At the TED Conference last year Bill Gates unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes to demonstrate a point about malaria. This year, he’s taking on CO2 in a big way. And he brought fireflies. More »

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192 Laser Beams Combined To Form One Megajoule Laser Shot

11:00AM January 29, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

The folks at the national Ignition Facility decided to demonstrate fusion by focusing the energy of 192 super powerful lasers onto a tiny target. Well, they certainly proved their concept by producing a one megajoule laser shot. Yeah, that’s pretty powerful. More »

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Thorium, The Next Uranium

7:30AM January 1, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Wired has a fairly epic look into a material that could make nuclear power both clean and safe called thorium – named after the Norse god of thunder. Of course, scientists recognised its promise back in the 1950s. More »

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These Nuclear Reactor Charts Will Help You Take Over The World

12:54PM December 19, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Once upon a time, I wanted to be an evil mastermind and take over the world. My plans were foiled because I knew nothing about the inner workings of nuclear reactors. Oh, if only these charts were posted back then. More »

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The China Syndrome And Why We Wussed Out On Nuclear Power

9:00AM July 17, 2009 | Adam Frucci

The China Syndrome was a movie about how dangerous nuclear power plants are that, fortunately for the producers, came out 12 days before the Three Mile Island disaster. You can thank it for why we’re still reliant on coal power. More »