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Fusion reactors could create ingredients for a nuclear weapon in weeks

Concern over the risks of enabling nuclear weapons development is usually focused on nuclear fission reactors, but the potential harm from more advanced fusion reactors has been underappreciated

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Renewables supply 30 per cent of global electricity for the first time

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View Los Angeles financial district skyline at night

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The shift to LED lighting is stopping us from seeing our night skies

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A worker inside the vacuum vessel of the DIII-D fusion reactor

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Nuclear fusion experiment overcomes two key operating hurdles

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Wind turbines based on condor wings could capture more energy

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Earth

Geoscientists are using telecom 'dark fibres' to map Earth’s innards

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Annie Jacobsen: 'What if we had a nuclear war?’

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Annie Jacobsen: 'What if we had a nuclear war?’

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Read an extract from Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen

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Read an extract from Nuclear War: A scenario by Annie Jacobsen

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Space

There are hints that dark energy may be getting weaker

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Wireless power from space

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Five climate megaprojects that might just save the world

From solar power stations in space to stabilising melting glaciers, some researchers are proposing extremely ambitious and risky projects to fight climate change. Could they work?

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Storm-proofing 1% of power lines protects entire grid from blackouts

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Chemical injection brings dying batteries back to life

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UK spurns European invitation to join ITER nuclear fusion project

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How do you recycle a nuclear fusion reactor? We're about to find out

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