713 Results From "nuclear power"

The radioactivity from a nuclear blast in space could disable crucial satellites, so the military is trying to find a way to scrub them clean.
Military

The Military Is Unprepared for Nuclear Strikes on Satellites

By Dan Robitzski

The Army proposed shipping small nuclear reactors around the world to power military outposts. Experts suggest that may not be the wisest strategy.
Military

Experts Are Horrified by the Military’s Portable Nuclear Reactor

By Dan Robitzski

China says its HL-2M tokamak should be operational in 2020, and the “artificial sun” could potentially make nuclear fusion a viable energy option on Earth.
Science & Energy

China Expects Its “Artificial Sun” to Be Operational in 2020

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates issued a grave warning Monday, comparing advanced artificial intelligence to nuclear weapons.
Artificial Intelligence

Bill Gates Compares Artificial Intelligence to Nuclear Weapons

By Jon Christian

A robot just physically examined the radioactive fuel at the damaged Fukushima Nuclear Reactor. It's the first step toward an ongoing cleanup mission.
Robotics

Japan Sends Robot Into the Nuclear Hell of the Fukushima Reactor

By Dan Robitzski

Gates nuclear energy
Energy

Bill Gates: U.S. Leaders Must Embrace Nuclear Energy

By Kristin Houser

We simply can't decrease fossil fuel usage quickly enough to avoid climate catastrophe without leaning heavily on nuclear energy, according to two experts.
Energy

Experts: The Only Way to Save the Planet Is Nuclear Energy

By Kristin Houser

Replacing Nuclear With Renewables Would Save France $44.5 Billion
Nuclear Fusion

Replacing Nuclear With Renewables Would Save France $44.5 Billion

By Dan Robitzski

New malware is targeting safety systems at industrial plants around the world — the same systems, ominously, that protect nuclear power stations.
Science & Energy

Bizarre Malware Is Disabling Safety Systems at Industrial Plants

By Jon Christian

A nuclear engineer in Russia was just fined $7,000 for using his top-secret lab's supercomputer to illegally mine Bitcoin at work.
Science & Energy

Russia Punishes Guy Who Mined Bitcoin at Top-Secret Nuclear Lab

By Dan Robitzski

Iran's vow of "crushing revenge" for the murder of military general Qassim Suleimani has America on high alert for a Iranian cyberattack.
Future Society

Here’s How an Iranian Cyberattack Could Affect You

By Kristin Houser

NASA chief Jim Bridenstine believes that thermal nuclear propulsion technology would be a game-changer for space exploration.
NASA

Head of NASA: Nuclear Propulsion Could Be “Game-Changer”

By Dan Robitzski

A pair of researchers associated with the U.S. Air Force want to give the codes to launch nuclear bombs to an artificial intelligence (AI).
Artificial Intelligence

Air Force-Affiliated Researchers Want to Let AI Launch Nukes

By Victor Tangermann

A major cyberattack could cause mass injury and death not unlike a nuclear weapon attack, according to one computer scientist.
Future Society

Scientist: Major Cyberattack Could Be as Bad as Nuclear War

By Kristin Houser

Starting in 2023, the United State's nuclear stockpile will be managed by El Capitan, a supercomputer with a peak performance of 1.5 exaflops.
Computers

This $600 Million Supercomputer Will Manage the US’s Nukes

By Kristin Houser

If the U.S. and Russian engaged in nuclear war, it would plunge the Earth into a nuclear winter, with tempteratures plummeting and soot blocking the Sun.
Future Society

This Is What Would Happen if the US and Russia Nuked Each Other

By Kristin Houser

NASA and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are working on sending an underwater drone to the deepest points of the Earth's oceans.
Exobiology

NASA’s New Deep-Sea Submarine Could Eventually Look for Aliens

By Victor Tangermann

Congress Hasn’t Given up on Nuclear Power
Nuclear Fusion

Congress Hasn’t Given up on Nuclear Power

By Claudia Geib

When storage room for Fukushima's radioactive water runs out in 2022, one government official thinks the nation will start dumping it into the ocean.
Science & Energy

Japan Might Dump Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Into the Pacific

By Kristin Houser

A future space war won't look like "Star Wars." Instead it'll be almost imperceptible on the planet's surface.
Future Society

This Is What a Space War Would Look Like, According to Experts

By Victor Tangermann

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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