In Science Magazine’s Science Insider blog, we see troubling news about the state of fusion research in the President’s FY13 budget: At DOE, Body Blows to Fusion, Nuclear Physics, and Particle Physics DOE would pay for an increased contribution to the ITER international fusion project by diverting funds from its domestic fusion programs, including shuttering…

Read more »

The sun loses 4 million metric tons of mass every second. That mass is converted into energy and we feel it here on earth as heat. Imagine if we could harness the same power source the sun uses to solve our energy problems. This is exactly what Professor Brian Cox envisions as he discusses fusion power as man’s next greatest achievement on BBC’s Horizon, a series about science and philosophy

ASP ICYMI – Iran, Pakistan-Afghanistan transit, Fusion funding problems, more money for outdated weapons?

Today the Obama Administration released its budget for Fiscal Year 2013, continuing the reduction and cutting of the Defense Department after the end of the Iraq War and the draw down from Afghanistan.

ASP ICYMI – Al Qaida, Syria, Afghanistan and Greece latest

Nearly 10 years after the debacle in Iraq, some nearsighted people are still pushing for strikes on Iran in the same way, by downplaying the risks and inflating the rewards. But under greater scrutiny; these points reveal a simplistic and superficial view of Iran’s worldview and foreign policy.