Chernobyl at 40: The World’s Worst Nuclear Power Accident and Where It Stands Now

On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, POWER sent a freelance photographer and correspondent to the site in Ukraine to document the massive decommissioning effort still underway—and the ...
Scientific American

How do mRNA vaccines work?

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CBSSports.com

How does MLB's ball-strike challenge system work? Explaining ABS as it makes regular-season debut

Robo-umps have arrived. Kinda. Beginning this season, Major League Baseball will use the ABS (short for automated balls and strikes) challenge system, so it's not full robo-umps, but there is now a ...
The New York Times

How does MLB’s ABS Challenge System work? An explainer to get you caught up

Players and managers were able to get used to ABS during spring training, but Opening Day will likely be the first time many fans experience the system. Mark Cunningham / MLB Photos via Getty Images ...
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This nuclear reactor was built cheaply - then it exploded and nearly killed millions

At 1:23 and 48 seconds on April 26, 1986, reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded - and then exploded again just seconds later. In this video, we break down the RBMK reactor ...
The Washington Post

I want to avoid the ‘aging mistakes’ my parents made. I’ve got work to do.

Wow, time flies. Nearly 20 years ago, soon after my 50th birthday, I started making a list of what I considered mistakes my parents (and many of their generation) had made as they aged — and that I ...
Microsoft

AI@Work: What will human employees do now?

What will humans do? It’s the question I hear more than any other right now. People ask some version of it every time technology changes how work is structured. Steam power, electricity, and then ...
MIT Technology Review

What do new nuclear reactors mean for waste?

New designs mean new strategies for managing spent fuel. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You ...
Interesting Engineering

Russia’s 1,250 MWe nuclear reactor unit with 100-year-lifespan reaches full power

A model of the VVER-1200 water-water energetic reactor. Stock image.Getty Images The first light-water reactor at the new Russian nuclear facility, Kursk II, has now reached full power as part of its ...
Nuclear Engineering International

VVER-TOI reaches full capacity

The control room at Kursk-II NPP (Credit: Atomic Energy 2.0) Unit 1 at Russia’s Kursk-II NPP, the world’s first VVER-TOI reactor, has achieved full power during pilot operation. Design tests will now ...
Nuclear Engineering International

Smolensk-II preps for first concrete

Conceptual model of the Smolensk-II NPP (Credit: Atomic Energy 2.0) A preparatory meeting has been held at the construction site of Russia’s Smolensk-II NPP under the chairmanship of the director of ...