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Can Next-Generation Reactors Power a Safe Nuclear Future?
As nations around the world rush to reconsider their nuclear plans, nuclear experts look toward a future of smaller, safer reactors designed to greatly reduce the likelihood of a Fukushima-sized catastrophe
Air Support Assists In Japanese Nuclear Crisis
As helicopters drop tons of water on the fuel rods, a U.S. Global Hawk drone monitors the situation from above
FYI: How Does Nuclear Radiation Do Its Damage?
Or, why everyone is stocking up on iodine tablets
After Earth: Why, Where, How, and When We Might Leave Our Home Planet
Humanity may have millennia to find a new home in the universe--or just a few years
How One Man Waged War Against Gravity
The story of Roger Babson, gravity's sworn enemy, and his Gravity Research Foundation
How Nuclear Reactors Work, And How They Fail
Several of Japan's nuclear power plants are experiencing serious damage from the earthquake and ensuing tsunami. Here's what you need to know to understand the news, as it happens
Meet Japan’s Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots
The combination of vulnerability to earthquakes and a natural affinity for robotics has led to a surplus of Japanese rescue robots