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UK approves controversial Hinkley C nuclear power plant

Earth

UK approves controversial Hinkley C nuclear power plant

A controversial £18 billion nuclear power plant has been given the government go-ahead after much delay and criticism of its high costs and delays

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Physics

Cold fusion is better left out in the cold

Leader

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Physics

Cold fusion: Science's most controversial technology is back

Features

A map showing an earthquake thought to be the result of a nuclear test in North Korea

Earth

North Korea’s largest nuclear test still lacks missile capacity

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Ronald Richter

Physics

President Perón, I'll give you fusion in a bottle

Features

Illustration of hydrogen atom with single proton at nucleus and single electron orbiting it

Physics

How big is a proton? No one knows exactly, and that's a problem

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Calculations on blackboard

Physics

More haste, less speed: Don't rush to publish premature theory

Leader

LHC

Physics

Physicists look to the future as new particle dream dies

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artist's impression of the future Hinkley point nuclear plant

Earth

Why Hinkley Point is a nuclear folly of Titanic proportions

Analysis

Robert Byer

Space

How lasers found gravitational waves – and could hunt for aliens

Detecting gravitational waves is just the start, says Robert Byer: the next stops are giant space telescopes, satellite launchers and nuclear fusion power

Features

Technology

Dragonfly wings can track radiation doses after a nuclear mishap

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Space

Our top 5 wacky NASA missions that might just happen

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Earth

Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?

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Technology

New alloys could lead to next generation of nuke plant metals

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