American philosopher Quine wrote, “As an empiricist I continue to think of the conceptual scheme of science as a tool, ...

With over 195 countries on our planet, the world is a pretty strange place if you think about it. Every country is vastly ...

Thomas Bass shows how insistence that nuclear power is a safe answer to energy needs is contradicted by the reality of the ...

Commercial nuclear reactors all work pretty much the same way. Atoms of a radioactive material split, emitting neutrons.

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Nuclear power has been a ...