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Amateur Fusioneer Dreams of Clean Energy

Amateur Fusioneer Dreams of Clean Energy

Mark Suppes hopes to solve the world’s energy problems with limitless cheap, clean energy — on a tabletop

Last November, the Gucci web designer turned do-it-yourself fusion engineer Mark Suppes hunched over a silvery chamber with wires and plastic tubes sprouting in every direction. Engrossed in his work, he finally looked up, smiled, and said, “Okay, I think we’re almost ready to fuse the atom.”

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Space in the City

Space in the City

Mordecai-Mark Mac Low is a curator of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Courtesy: Stephen Wilk

Drinking and Lasing

Scientists make lasers out of drinks for fun

Representation of nine dimensions with Calabi Yau shapes [Wikimedia Commons: Nina Hermitschek]

Up And Down Are Big

We don’t usually associate movement with size. Saying that “up” and “down” are big is nonsensical. A dimension is a dimension is a dimension. Right?

Motion Capture Revolution

Motion Capture Revolution

Researchers are creating a new generation of portable motion capture for the masses.

How Rapidly Can Sea Level Rise?

How Rapidly Can Sea Level Rise?

Scientists gather evidence from the bathtub-ring-like traces left by Earth’s oscillating oceans

The Most Powerful Machines on Earth

The Most Powerful Machines on Earth

What comes next after the LHC?

Echoes from the Future of Opera

Echoes from the Future of Opera

A mashup of music and technology at the MIT Media Lab