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Nuclear fusion, the process that makes stars shine, could power everything on Earth if we could tame it. But alas, the last half century of fusion research has been a tale of failure and fraud. Max Schulz reviews Charles Seife’s engrossing book Sun in a Bottle ... more >>
Back in his native Sudan for the first time in years, Jamal Mahjoub observes the capital’s newfound oil wealth and argues that focusing narrowly on Darfur while ignoring the secessionist South could spell big trouble for all of Sudan ... more >>
The oil and natural gas industry, the coal industry, arms and weapons manufacturers, industrial farms, deforestation industries, the automotive industry and chemical plants will not willingly accept their own extinction. They are indifferent to the looming human catastrophe ... more >>
Reliance on oil is a major environmental concern and national security issue among industrialized nations, particularly the United States, which uses and imports more oil than any other country. Former CIA director and Hoover Institution senior fellow R. James Woolsey Jr. talks about his take on ending the oil era ... more >>
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