We Were Promised Fusion Energy
Michael Byrne, Motherboard
For the entirety of recorded history, humans have worshipped nuclear fusion. It's gone by different names over the millennia, of course: the Egyptians called it Ra, the Greeks called it Helios, and the Aztecs knew it as Tonatiuh.Today, most of us know it as the Sun, but leading physicists around the world regard it with the same sense of awe as our ancient ancestors.
For the entirety of recorded history, humans have worshipped nuclear fusion. It's gone by different names over the millennia, of course: the Egyptians called it Ra, the Greeks called it Helios, and the Aztecs knew it as Tonatiuh.Today, most of us know it as the Sun, but leading physicists around the world regard it with the same sense of awe as our ancient ancestors.