World’s largest Tokamak fusion reactor powers up
In concept it's a simple machine & achieving fusion is relatively easy but in practice it's extremely difficult to maintain a sustained fusion reaction that generates more power than is fed into it
Deepmind AI tool catapults materials science 800 years into the future
The discovery of new materials with unusual properties can start technological snowballs rolling that eventually push society in new directions
Just like scientists predicted, there is a massive blob stretching across the Atlantic Ocean
Here in the 21st Century, we may have some ice and dry land, but our planet is still an ocean world with plenty of secrets hidden in its murky depths