NYT: the quest
Dear friends,
Earlier this year, when my editors asked me to take a look at what was up in the world of fusion energy, I didn’t expect the story to begin with scientists discovering the key to proving our species’s — our whole planet’s — existence. I didn’t expect to encounter so many strange and wonderful shapes of fusion machines. And I didn’t expect to be awed by what happens within them, when a tiny puff of gas is transformed into something cosmic and otherworldly, violent yet delicate.
My story today dips a toe into all of this. I hope it makes you want to see where fusion goes next.
Ray