Infinite

No, it's easy. Stuff can get excited when light is about to hit it. Ergo, some matter has an exhibitionist kink.

When light particles, or photons, pass through atoms, some are absorbed by the atoms and later re-emitted. This interaction changes the atoms, temporarily putting them in a higher-energy or "excited" state before they return to normal.

In research led by Daniela Angulo, the team set out to measure how long these atoms stayed in their excited state. "That time turned out to be negative," Steinberg explained—meaning a duration less than zero.

Lots of good stuff from Charles Stross:

• Halting State
• Singularity Sky

Also Vernor Vinge:

• A Fire Upon the Deep
• Rainbows End

No reactions, just reflections. The premise is "bounce the heat before it can be trapped."

The main reason they looked at diamond this time is because it's very clump resistant, which is a positive for heat deflection.

The better one's life is, the more scared they are to lose it.

Enough of the general public is finally crossing the line we've been pushed towards for decades.

France around and find out.

More cynically, I'm dubious the current media complex would report heavily on something that:

• disrupts some of the feudal infrastructure chain
• most people don't understand
• the oligarchs certainly don't understand

CFS is currently completing development of its fusion demonstration machine, SPARC, at its headquarters in Devens, Massachusetts. SPARC is expected to produce its first plasma in 2026 and net fusion energy shortly after, demonstrating for the first time a commercially relevant design that will produce more power than it consumes. SPARC will pave the way for ARC, which is expected to deliver power to the grid in the early 2030s.

Orthodonts Jewish

edit: damn, I just left "Chewish" on the table

Clearly, being a woman is a pre-existing condition.

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That was Anthem Blue Thingy that changed course, not UHC.

"If they would rather die, they better do it and decrease the surplus population."

Fuckin' hell, fiction is a warning not a guide, you filthy-rich absolute cockwombles.