Thorium
How the Moon’s Far Side Got Its Radioactive Spots
The mystery of why the near and far sides of the Moon are so different may be written in thorium, a weakly radioactive element.
Why Canada Is Selling Advanced Nuclear Reactors to China
Future reactors might be powered by thorium, a long-held nuclear dream.
Edward Teller, the Real Dr. Strangelove
He would be more vilified than any other American scientist in the 20th century, but he always dismissed his critics as naive or unpatriotic or unaware of what science actually is.
Bill Gates Is Beginning to Dream the Thorium Dream
Bill Gates' nuclear power company just quietly announced they're getting into the thorium game.
China Is Using US Research to Take the Lead on Thorium Reactor Development
It's rather frustrating to see China take the lead using research the US pioneered.
The Next Earth Will Be Radioactive
A team of geologists and astronomers at Ohio State University might have figured out how to increase the odds of finding a habitable world.
India Is About to Start Building Its Thorium-Fueled Nuclear Power Plant
Motherboard has given "the thorium dream":http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/11/9/motherboard-tv-the-thorium-dream and its fervent band of disciples a long hard look. The jury is still out on whether this alternative brand of nuclear power is feasible...
Coming Soon: "The Thorium Dream"
The idea to use thorium as a nuclear fuel is at least fifty years in the making, and if the Internet is any indication, it's one whose time has come. Our documentary about thorium, which is only a few months in the making, is almost here too. In fact...
Hot Links: Thorium For India, Why We Have Brains, NASA's Robot Lander To Take Flight
_What you might have missed on the Internet today._ * How Mike Brown "killed Pluto":http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2011/11/03/book-review-how-i-killed-pluto-by-mike-brown/#comment-94 * The History of mobile tech in "6...
Ones and Zeros: Non-Alcoholic, Beer Flavored Soda
h3. ONE: "Military loses contact with hypersonic test plane":http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/11/new-york-to-la-in-less-than-12-minutes/ (or you get ripped apart) (CNN) h3. ZERO: Coca Cola comes out with Tumult, "the soft drink that tastes like...
Preview: The Thorium Dream
I'm excited to show you a little of our latest feature documentary, about the growing grassroots movement in the United States behind the element thorium, which its advocates believe could save the world - and the great forces that could keep this...