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US Nuclear Fusion Startup To Build Radioactive Batteries For Use In Space
US Nuclear Fusion Startup To Build Radioactive Batteries For Use In Space
Authored by Ameya Paleja via Interesting Engineering,
Avalanche Energy, a fusion energy startup, has won a $5.2 million contract to build radioactive batteries that can power a laptop-class system for months. The contract is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Rads to Watts Program, which aims to build next-generation, compact, resilient nuclear batteries with higher densities.
An early prototype of Avalanche Energy’s radiovoltaic converter for the DARPA Rads to Watts program is exposed to high-energy ion-beam irradiation.Avalanche Fusion
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Congress Passes 45-Day Extension Of FISA Section 702, Sending It To Trump's Desk
Congress Passes 45-Day Extension Of FISA Section 702, Sending It To Trump's Desk
Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill to extend a spying authority of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for 45 days as congressional debate on the controversial measure continues.
The U.S. Capitol building on April 29, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Both chambers of Congress raced to pass the short-term measure earlier Thursday after the Senate declined to take up a House-passed bill to extend...
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May 15, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Gun Control Advocates Turn Their Sights On Regulating Muskets?
Gun Control Advocates Turn Their Sights On Regulating Muskets?
It's always interesting when gun control activists and the media discover something about the firearms world that gun enthusiasts have known for decades. It shows that the people desperately clamoring to erase the 2nd Amendment often know nothing about the weapons they want to regulate.
The act of "gun control" has nothing to do with understanding firearms, their basic capabilities and what it means to have these tools in civilian hands. It is far more abstract.
For example, in the mind of a...
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Jul 11, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels
Cuba Plunges Into Second Island-Wide Blackout As Communist System Unravels
Cuba suffered its second nationwide blackout in a matter of days late Friday, another sign that the communist-controlled island is sliding deeper into economic collapse amid tightening US sanctions and renewed pressure from the Trump administration.
Havana blames US "gunboat diplomacy" and the financial sanctions for its economic demise, but the roots of the crisis are decades of communist rule, chronic underinvestment, widespread economic mismanagement and a crumbling power grid.
Yet America's Democratic Party is increasingly embracing socialism and communist ideology, a...
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