
Why We Need to Beat the Sun by 100 Million Degrees
The core of the Sun puts out about as much heat per cubic meter as a compost heap. Work out why, and you understand why fusion reactors are so hard to build.
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The core of the Sun puts out about as much heat per cubic meter as a compost heap. Work out why, and you understand why fusion reactors are so hard to build.

Spider silk is tougher than Kevlar, and a lab has already shot fibers from a needle. The wrist cartridge still fails, and a calculator is enough to show why.

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