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What the fusion success means for the future

3 years 10 months ago
On December 5, ultra-powerful lasers were fired on a pellet the size of a peppercorn containing a mix of deuterium and tritium -- which are components of the fuel that powers the sun. The 192 lasers heated the tiny BB-sized object to temperatures hotter than the sun's center, and for a fraction of a second, a tiny star was formed. Then, just as quickly, it winked out of existence. This technological triumph was made possible by decades of efforts of thousands of researchers.

Iran expelled from UN commission on women

3 years 10 months ago
United Nations member states have removed Iran from a key UN women's rights group just months after it joined. The unusual reversal comes as Iran is rattled by an ongoing protest movement sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the country's so-called "morality police"

Review: 'National Treasure: Edge of History' doesn't quite belong in a museum

3 years 10 months ago
Giving the "National Treasure" movies a young-adult spin, "National Treasure: Edge of History" transforms the franchise into a Disney+ series, one that offers the same playful approach to the past while weighing that down with tiresome relationship issues and a protagonist with her own Scooby gang. The opening episodes have their moments, but it's less something to treasure than at best mildly enjoy.

DOJ charges 7 with smuggling equipment to Russian military

3 years 10 months ago
The US Justice Department has charged five Russian nationals, one American and an Israeli who is a US permanent resident with allegedly conspiring to violate US sanctions by smuggling US-made equipment to the Russian military, according to a recently unsealed court documents.
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