716 Results From "nuclear power"

A new Defense Department report identifies Russia and China's nuclear capabilities as an immediate threat to U.S. satellites.
Military

The Pentagon Is Worried a Space Nuke Will Fry Its Satellites

By Dan Robitzski

Former Googler Laura Nolan warns that the military should never use fully-autonomous weapons, lest they accidentally spark a war.
Google

Former Google Engineer: Killer Bots Could Commit “Mass Atrocities”

By Dan Robitzski

A solar panel can leak heavy metals and cause pollution, but consumer solar demand may mean they get tossed aside less often.
Solar Power

California Complains Its Junkyards Are Filling With Toxic Solar Panels

By Lonnie Lee Hood

NASA's mobile Kilopower mobile fission nuclear power generator could be sent off to Mars by 2022, according to team members.
Mars

This Nuclear Reactor Could Be Shipped to Mars by 2022

By Victor Tangermann

In three years, the Fukushima nuclear power plant will run out of space to store contaminated water, pushing officials to quicjly assemble a new plan.
Energy

In Three Years, Fukushima Could Overflow With Radioactive Water

By Dan Robitzski

China recently published a white paper outlining its nuclear strategy, which describes how it will never strike first or nuke non-nuclear powers.
Future Society

China Promises to Never Use Nukes — Unless Another Country Does First

By Dan Robitzski

A team of researchers at MIT claim their "SPARC" compact fusion reactor should work — or at least in theory, as they argue in a series of papers.
Energy

MIT Researchers Say Their Fusion Reactor Is “Very Likely to Work”

By Victor Tangermann

A group of roughly 300 nuclear fusion researchers put together a massive report of goals and priorities for making fusion power a reality.
Energy

Scientists Call for Fusion Power Plant in the United States

By Dan Robitzski

Congress allocated $125 million to NASA, directing it to develop nuclear propulsion technology that would improve flight speed on missions to deep space.
NASA

NASA Just Got $125 Million to Develop Nuclear Rockets

By Dan Robitzski

There's a nearly impenetrable fog of hype surrounding graphene batteries. But it turns out the technology has a whole lot of promise, too.
Graphene

If Graphene Batteries Do Everything Scientists Say, They Could Be a Gamechanger

By Dan Robitzski

Last week, a Russian nuclear sub caught fire, killing 14. Now, a Russian Navy official says that the deceased crew averted a "planetary catastrophe."
Nuclear Fusion

Russia: Dead Nuclear Sub Somehow Avoided “Planetary Catastrophe”

By Dan Robitzski

Almost every active nuclear reactor in the U.S. is unprepared for flooding and storm surge caused by climate change; industry groups chose not to act.
Climate Change

Climate Change Could Cause Fukushima-Style Meltdowns in the US

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have found radiation levels up to 800,000 times higher than expected in the sea water around a sunken nuclear sub.
Nuclear Fusion

This Sunken Nuclear Sub Is Leaking Radiation Into the Ocean

By Kristin Houser

Scientists have found new evidence that Earth is moving through the remains of exploded stars for at least the last 33,000 years.
Science & Energy

Scientists: Earth Moving Through Radioactive Debris of Exploded Stars

By Victor Tangermann

Jim Woodward's MEGA drive, a theoretical spacecraft propulsion device, could allow us to travel to distant stars in the far future.
NASA

NASA-Funded Scientist Claims New Thruster Could Approach Light Speed

By Victor Tangermann

China just closed the bidding period for contractors looking to build the country's first nuclear-powered icebreaker, set to be the largest in the world.
Nuclear Fusion

China Is Building a 33,000 Ton Nuclear Icebreaker

By Dan Robitzski

Nuclear Power Used to Seem Like the Future. Now Its Fate in the US Is in Question.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Power Used to Seem Like the Future. Now Its Fate in the US Is in Question.

By Jon Christian

Climatologist Alan Robock from Rutgers University and his team studied what an all-out nuclear war between world nations could look like.
Nuclear Fusion

Here’s Exactly How Screwed You’d Be in a Nuclear Apocalypse

By Victor Tangermann

A Nobel Prize winning scientist says that high-intensity lasers could one day render nuclear waste harmless in just a few minutes.
Nuclear Fusion

Nobel Prize Winner: Lasers Could Permanently Destroy Nuclear Waste

By Jon Christian

Rick Perry authorized six separate deals made by U.S. companies that sold nuclear energy tech to Saudi Arabia, then kept the dealings secret.
Nuclear Fusion

America Secretly Sold Nuclear Tech to Saudi Arabia

By Dan Robitzski

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo