Sarah Scoles

October 20, 2026 5 min read How do you test a nuclear arsenal without blowing it up? The U.S. hasn't detonated a nuclear weapon since 1992. Now a fusion start-up whose co-founders include former national lab scientists could help conduct experiments that ... See more

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The Evolving Quest to Build Life in a Lab On a lonely planet, billions of years ago, a soup of chemicals — in the right place, at the right time, and with the right conditions — shifted from an unalive assemblage into something scientists would call life.... See more

Dodici anni fa, Frank Kendall, allora sottosegretario della difesa per acquisizioni, tecnologia e logistica presso il Dipartimento della Difesa, ha mostrato una diapositiva PowerPoint per mostrare un gruppo di alti funzionari militari che deliberano sui b... See more

In a laboratory at McMaster University in Ontario, a device that seems almost alive glows purple as it churns through its work. Atop a boxy base that resembles a small kitchen island, a windowed hemispherical chamber sits. Cords and instruments poke from ... See more