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Ever since I first heard about fusion, it’s been 40 years in the future. It still is.

We have a great working fusion reactor already. It’s called the sun. If only there was some way to harness its output in a meaningful way to make electricity.

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Philip Machanick

I am a computer science associate professor and work in bioinformatics. I promote sustainability, do science communication and campaign for human rights.