739 Results From "nuclear power"

Scientists suspect that there could be past or present microbial life beneath the surface of Mars that survives thanks to radioactivity.
Science & Energy

NASA Scientists Suggest Nuclear-Powered Life Under Mars Surface

In a new paper, scientists argued that our best option is to blow up asteroid 2024 YR4 as part of a "kinetic disruption mission."
James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Say We Should Blow Up This Dangerous Asteroid Before It Gets Here

For the first time in history, renewables became the second-most prevalent electricity source in the US in 2020 after natural gas.
Nuclear Fusion

Renewables Overtook Coal and Nuclear Power Generation in the US Last Year

Officials are alarmed by Russia's decision to keep bombing a nuclear power plant in a Russian-occupied region in southeastern Ukraine.
Nuclear Fusion

Officials Beg Russia to Stop Bombing Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant

A new book that covers 5,000 years and the collapse of more than 400 societies argues that we're in for a rude awakening.
Future Society

Expert Says Collapse of Human Civilization Looks Like the Most Likely Scenario

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has some fresh advice for the world’s nations: Invest in nuclear power plants — and do it as soon as possible.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says We Need More Nuclear Energy After Russia Targets Power Plants

A small nuclear reactor has been approved for certification by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Friday, the first in the country.
Nuclear Fusion

First Small Nuclear Reactor Greenlit By US Regulators

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory claim to have generated more energy with a fusion reaction than was needed to start it.
Energy

Physicists Say New Breakthrough Proves Fusion Power Is Possible

As some in the US agonize over the country's pace in the "AI race," it seems China is already standing at the podium.
Artificial Intelligence

The US May Have Already Lost the AI Race to China Due to a Key Weakness

In October 2021, months before Russia's invasion, a YouTuber got an exclusive look inside the New Safe Confinement site at the Chernobyl nuclear plant.
Nuclear Fusion

YouTuber Clambers Inside Chernobyl’s Nuclear Sarcophagus

The second chief of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, has been sacked in just two and a half years.
Off-World

Head of Russian Space Program Mysteriously Axed

OpenAI's planned AI data center projects would consume as much as the entire city of New York City and San Diego combined.
Google

OpenAI’s New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says

CEOs in the AI industry are concerned that their tech will be implicated in a Chernobyl-style event that causes AI to become publicly toxic.
Ethics

AI CEOs Worried About Chernobyl-Style Event Where Their Tech Causes a Horrific Catastrophe

After a deadly barrage of Israeli and US bombs, Iranian hackers have threatened to expose 100 GB of juicy Trump emails.
Hacking

Iranian Hackers Threaten to Release Stolen Emails From Trump’s Inner Circle

To prevent power outages this winter, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida asked that as many as nine of the country's nuclear reactors be brought online.
Nuclear Fusion

Japan May Need Nine Nuclear Reactors Turned On to Get Through Winter

A team of engineers has come up with designs of a 36-mile spacecraft, dubbed Chrysalis, designed to carry 2,400 passengers to Alpha Centauri.
Off-World

Scientists Design Huge Spacecraft That Could Carry 2,400 Colonists to Alpha Centauri

Russia's space agency Roscosmos has announced that it is planning to send a nuclear-powered "space tug" capable of transporting heavy cargo in deep space, all the way to Jupiter in 2030.
Off-World

Russia Wants to Send a Nuclear-Powered “Space Tug” to Jupiter

Fusion startup Helion is in talks for a deal with OpenAI to "buy vast quantities of electricity to provide power for data centers."
OpenAI

OpenAI Negotiating to Buy “Vast Quantities” of Fusion Power, Which Doesn’t Exist Yet

The UK government is planning to bury the world's largest stockpile of radioactive nuclear waste beneath the ocean floor, sparking concern among experts.
Nuclear Fusion

Experts Warn UK Government Not to Bury Nuclear Waste Under Ocean Floor

Anthropic cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei is back with a 19,000-word essay posted to his blog, warning that "humanity needs to wake up."
Anthropic

Anthropic CEO Warns That the AI Tech He’s Creating Could Ravage Human Civilization