Just when you thought the year was over in terms of major scientific breakthroughs, we get another one. And this one has such widespread implications that it has the potential to change our society in general.
Today it was announced that scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully completed a fusion reaction that produced excess energy.
Let me begin with a quick explanation of the science involved. Back in 1905, Albert Einstein published the special theory of rela...
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