713 Results From "nuclear power"

A U.S. Navy Admiral warns that nuclear war with Russia or China is a "very real possibility" and that the military needs to betterplan for the possibility.
Future Society

US Admiral: “Real Possibility” of Nuclear War With China, Russia

An Indian official announced that a major power outage initially dismissed as a technical failure seems to have been caused by Chinese hackers.
Science & Energy

Indian Official Claims Huge Blackout May Have Been a Hack

After Japan announced it's going ahead with the plan to dump Fukushima's contaminated water into the ocean, a Chinese official issued a personal challenge.
Environment

Japanese Prime Minister Challenged to Drink Radioactive Water Before Dumping It Into the Ocean

The UN's upcoming COP27 climate conference in Egypt is basically a "greenwashing" waste of time, according to Greta Thunberg, who says she won't be going.
Climate Change

Greta Thunberg Says UN Climate Conference Is a Scam and She’s Not Attending

Several forest fires have erupted near the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was taken over by Russian troops late last month.
Science & Energy

Russia Accused of Impeding Efforts to Fight Fires Near Seized Chernobyl Power Plant

Before it disappeared in a cloud of smoke during Wednesday's launch, there was something off about the looks of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA

Wait, the NASA Logo on SpaceX’s Rocket Looks Completely Messed Up

Strip mining and the coal industry made flooding in Eastern Kentucky worse, former coal regulators said. They want an investigation. Nearly 40 people died.
Climate Change

Strip Mining Made KY Flooding Worse, Experts Say

In a piece for The Washington Post, historian Émile Torres argued that it's possible an artificial superintelligence (ASI) could cause our extinction.
Artificial Intelligence

Historian Warns That AI Is Likely to Cause Human Extinction

The website for WECB, Emerson College's student radio station, was stolen — and quickly transformed into a parasitic AI zombie site.
Artificial Intelligence

Scammers Stole the Website for Emerson College’s Student Radio Station and Started Running It as a Zombie AI Farm

Seattle-based startup Zap Energy also says that its approach to fusion energy is far simpler and cheaper tan other approaches.
Energy

Startup Says It’s Honing in on Simple Solution for Practical Fusion Power

A company is trying to woo NASA into signing a contract with them to develop a fusion-powered spacecraft propulsion system for travel to Mars.
Mars

Fusion Thruster Startup Anticipates “First Town on Mars”

Good news for Bill Nye the Science Guy! He was married late last month, to best-selling author Liza Mundy — and they met in a truly beautiful way.
Future Society

Bill Nye Just Got Married, and Their Love Story Is Beautiful

Russia's floating nuclear power plant, Akademik Lomonosov, is now operational and generating power for the town of Pevek.
Nuclear Fusion

Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Began Generating Electricity

Nuclear fusion power, which is clean and basically limitless, could be just around the corner. Advancements made in recent weeks may actually tip the scale.
Energy

Experts Say Fusion Power Is Finally Starting to Look Imminent

The White House is worried that a frustrated Russian President Vladimir Putin might turn to chemical, biological, or even nuclear weapons to tip the scales.
Future Society

US Create Emergency Plans Just In Case Putin Decides to Nuke the World

Think and you’ll miss it: researchers at MIT claim to have successfully created analog synapses a million times faster than those in our human brains.
Artificial Intelligence

MIT Claims New Artificial Neuron 1 Million Times Faster Than the Real Thing

Scientists at the UK-based JET lab have smashed a fusion energy record for the first time in 25 years, producing 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds.
Energy

Fusion Scientists Say They Just Made a Major Breakthrough

Bill Gates says that he doesn't really see the appeal of investing in rockets to Mars, saying money would be better spent on climate change and medicine.
Mars

Bill Gates Says That Going to Mars Is Silly

China has successfully powered up its "artificial sun" nuclear fusion reactor for the first time according to Agence France Presse.
Energy

China Just Powered Up Its “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor

A team of scientists in China say they’ve discovered a cost-effective method of creating fusion energy that could rival much more expensive counterparts.
Nuclear Fusion

Chinese Scientists Say They’ve Discovered Cheap New Way to Do Nuclear Fusion