Tipping Point Quick Hits (12.15.22)

Nuclear fusion, the "Sword of Jerusalem," and military activity in Belarus

Scientists Achieve Nuclear Fusion

In a generational breakthrough, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have reached what U.S. officials are touting as a history-making achievement: they’ve produced a nuclear fusion reaction that results in a net energy gain. Scientists are excited about this because they created more energy than they started with.