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Starts With A Bang!
Jan 11
How much energy does the Sun produce?
Figuring out the answer involved a prism, a pail of water, and a 50 year effort by the most…
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Starts With A Bang!
Aug 15, 2023
The nuclear fusion era has arrived, if we choose it
The National Ignition Facility just repeated, and…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
May 30, 2023
Why Einstein’s E = mc² is only half of the equation
Einstein’s most famous equation is E = mc², which…
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Starts With A Bang!
May 9, 2023
Strange but true: the expanding Universe doesn’t conserve energy
The conservation of energy is one of…
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Starts With A Bang!
Feb 23, 2023
3 independent proofs that quantum fields carry energy
Are quantum fields real, or are they simply…
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Starts With A Bang!
Jan 31, 2023
This shockingly simple battery could store energy forever
Capacitors, acid batteries, and other…
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Starts With A Bang!
Dec 21, 2022
Ignition achieved! Nuclear fusion power now within reach
Nuclear fusion has long been seen as the…
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Starts With A Bang!
Oct 6, 2022
Laser energy will never exceed this ultimate limit
Amplifying the energy within a laser, over and…
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Starts With A Bang!
Jun 10, 2022
Ask Ethan: Could extracting wind energy change the weather?
Wind energy is one of the cleanest…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Feb 15, 2022
Nuclear fusion explained
Why power generated through nuclear fusion will be the future, but not the…
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