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The ultimate game-changing energy technology is, I think, fusion. Fusion technology replicates the processes that power stars, mostly fusing hydrogen into other forms of hydrogen and ultimately into helium. Massive enough stars can then fuse helium into heavier elements, with more massive stars fusing heavier elements until we get to iron which cannot be fused to produce net energy. But even fusing the lightest elements takes a tremendous amount of heat and pressure, which has proved technologically difficult to achieve on Earth. We have been inching closer to this goal, however, and recently the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California has inched over a significant milestone – ignition.

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Q uiet quitting — there is hardly a more widespread trend in the workplace today among millennials and Gen Z. What motivates, or demotivates, younger members of the workforce to do just enough — but not more? Why are employees distancing themselves from hustle culture? Finding a healthy work-life balance is a good thing, no doubt. But when does doing just the minimum become a problem? We take a look at this workplace phenomenon. And what about those members of society who have gained enormous wealth — billions! — through hard work and dedication, only to give away all their money? MacKenzie Scott, Yvon Chouinard, Chuck Feeney and others have donated billions to help others and fight climate change. What motivates some members of the world’s super-rich to let go of their wealth? L

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Scientists have shown that patients with acute Covid-19 infection have increased levels of the cytokine IL-26 in their blood. Moreover, high IL-26 levels correlate with an exaggerated inflammatory response that signifies severe cases of the disease. The findings, which are presented in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Immunology, suggest that IL-26 is a potential biomarker for severe COVID-19

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Doctors have an estimated up to fivefold risk of suicide compared with the general population, with female doctors having up to four times the risk compared with the national average for women, according to the BMA. GPs are estimated to have a higher risk of suicide than other specialities.

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Fungi Friends Humans share nearly 50 per cent of our DNA with fungi, making fungi closer to us genetically than they are to plants The largest living thing on Earth is a fungus, which is bigger than a blue whale and spans an area as large as 1,665 football fields in Oregon’s Blue Mountains Like us, mushrooms breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, and they release more CO2 when temperatures go up. But mushrooms can still help tackle greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by releasing nutrients into the soil, which plants feed on

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