An ambitious scientific quest is underway to recreate the power of the Sun here on Earth. This fascinating documentary takes viewers inside one of the most complex engineering projects ever attempted: the construction of the world's largest nuclear fusion reactor. Bringing together thousands of scientists, engineers, and technicians from dozens of countries, the project seeks to harness the same process that powers the stars and transform it into a virtually limitless source of clean energy for future generations. With unprecedented access to the massive ITER facility in southern France, the documentary reveals the extraordinary challenges of building a machine capable of containing plasma hotter than the Sun itself. Through stunning visuals, cutting-edge technology, and firsthand accounts from the people making it possible, the film explores the race to unlock fusion energy, the scientific breakthroughs required to achieve it, and the potential to revolutionize humanity's energy future if this historic experiment succeeds.
Scientists investigate the way the Sun builds its power -- through fusion -- hoping to find a way to use fusion as a less dangerous and less radioactive waste-producing path to energy than fission. But there are some major difficulties along the way. Fusion really is the perfect way to make energy. We have millions of years worth of fuel. It produces no long-lived radioactive waste. If we can solve the engineering challenges, energy will become cheaper, more available for everybody.
George W. Bush's doctrine of endless war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the continued cannibalization of the U.S. economy. Squandered chances given by the end of the Cold War. A new USA, the National Security Fortress.
Pulls back the curtain on the world's top brands, exposing the hidden tactics and covert strategies used to keep all of us locked in an endless cycle of buying, no matter the cost. Few among us are immune to the thrills of a good buy. Whether you’re partial to designer handbags, mall brand clothing hauls, high-tech gadgets, or whatever’s on the shelves as you browse your favorite megastore, there’s always another item for sale that feels like it’s just right for you. And as it turns out, that’s all by design. In this film, the architects of our collective desire for endless consumption reveal how corporations are hell-bent on increasing profits, how they convince unsuspecting consumers time and time again to part with their money, and what happens when all of our discarded purchases make their way to landfills. Commentators who witnessed the inner workings of corporations from Amazon to Apple sit down to talk about the unsavory practices their former employers are still using. But while we’re all being encouraged to quench a bottomless thirst for more stuff, it’s the future generations and our environment that end up paying the price.
In Egypt, Caesar rebukes the advisers of the boy king, Ptolemy XIII, for their presumption in eliminating Pompey and demands the man who killed him. Caesar decides to intervene in the dispute between Ptolemy and his sister-wife, Cleopatra, to ensure both Rome's grain supply and his own access to Egypt's treasure. Antony, in an unusual show of prudence, advises against this with only half a legion in Alexandria and Cato and Scipio still at large in Africa. In Rome, Brutus gets a chilly reception from Servilia when he returns home from Greece.
With unprecedented access to the massive ITER facility in southern France, the documentary reveals the extraordinary challenges of building a machine capable of containing plasma hotter than the Sun itself. Through stunning visuals, cutting-edge technology, and firsthand accounts from the people making it possible, the film explores the race to unlock fusion energy, the scientific breakthroughs required to achieve it, and the potential to revolutionize humanity's energy future if this historic experiment succeeds.