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  The classical world we see can emerge from the many-worlds picture of  quantum mechanics , where many universes exist at the same point in spacetime and where almost a potentially huge number of worlds branch off from ours every time a measurement is made. https://phys.org/news/2024-12-numerical-simulations-classical-world-emerge.html

  Another fusion startup company, this one doing research on muon catalyzed fusion: https://spectrum.ieee.org/colder-muon-fusion-energy

  Bird flu is mutating, and other seasonal respiratory infections are also active this winter. Long covid remains a serious problem. https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/cdc-h5n1-mutations-severely-ill-patient-could-boost-spread-risk-remains https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-general/cdc-respiratory-illness-activity-high-nationally https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/long-covid-study-shows-high-rates-cognitive-change

  Scientists develop record-breaking tech that could slash the cost of solar power! https://www.thecooldown.com/gree n-tech/perovskite-solar-cells-coating-amidinium/

  trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/business/energy-environment/trump-clean-energy-finance.html

The U.S. research community is holding its breath after the abrupt collapse last night of a bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday. https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-scientists-brace-looming-government-shutdown

  Members of the Trump transition arrived at the Energy Department on Tuesday to meet for the first time with department leaders. https://www.politico.com/live- updates/2024/12/19/congress/ trump-transition-energy- department-00195309

How likely will this machine be effective?  Will it survive trump's haphazard decisions?   https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/12/18/climate/world-first-nuclear-fusion-power-plant-commmonwealth

"The Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) does not employ drones for nuclear/radiological detection missions, and is not currently conducting any aerial operations in that region” https://abcnews.go.com/US/fact-check-radioactive-material-triggered-drone-theories-missing/story?id=116884712 12/17/2024 4:44 PM Reply

  These are interesting articles indicating the possibility that huge solar flares or superflares are much more frequent than previously thought, and can be larger in magnitude than previously thought, of course these could pose dangers to the electric grid, satellites and astronauts, including colonists on the moon or mars. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/12/241212145729.htm https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/our-sun-may-be-overdue-for-a-superflare-stronger-than-billions-of-atomic-bombs-new-research-warns https://www.mps.mpg.de/superflares-once-per-century?c=6775

  This is an interesting article about "mirror life" -- biologists have been hard at work making mirror imagine biomolecules and eventually it will be possible to make mirror image lifeforms, perhaps in 10 years, a threat that can cause human extinction perhaps: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads9158

Could the end of the energy crisis be in sight? Can you I make sense of this analysis? https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/nuclear-fusion-power-plant-startups-energy/ 

  If the Department of Energy (DOE) were eliminated, nuclear waste management in the U.S. would face significant challenges. The DOE is responsible for developing and implementing strategies for the safe handling and disposal of radioactive waste, including designing and operating disposal facilities.    Without the DOE, these responsibilities would need to be transferred to another agency or a new independent organization, as recommended by expert panels    This transition could disrupt current waste management programs, delay the development of permanent disposal solutions, and increase taxpayer burdens due to interim storage costs . These added responsibilities could overwhelm any other agency, Wouldn't?