Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant Returns to Service

The Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant returned to service at the weekend when operators synchronized the plant to the Detroit Edison electrical system, following a safe, successful refueling and maintenance outage that began October 24.  Currently operating...

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Detects High-energy Gamma-rays From Cygnus X-3

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made the first unambiguous detection of high-energy gamma-rays from an enigmatic binary system known as Cygnus X-3. The system pairs a hot, massive star with a compact object — either a neutron star...

When Did Information Become an Agent?

I have always believed that one good way to measure the extent to which a society is in decline is by the frequency of barbarisms that arise in its use of language. This may actually be tautological in terms of the two definitions of “barbarism”...