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History Isn’t Always Written By Victors

Georgina Longley | Antigone | 9th June 2022

The historian Polybius of Megalopolis wrote about the Romans' rise to power in the Mediterranean for a primarily Greek audience. He was very much on the losing side, being deported to Rome as "a hostile collaborator" in 168BC. His perspective is complicated: while "he was no fawner", he did cooperate with and even admire some aspects of the society that had dominated his own (2,831 words)

The Quest For Fusion Energy

Daniel Jassby | Inference Review | 25th May 2022

Fusion energy is far less viable than the lay person might imagine. One method, inertial confinement fusion — which uses laser beams to compress and heat fuel — has demonstrated its scientific feasibility, but the chances of it running a power plant in the near future are remote. The obstacles are "so numerous and formidable that many decades will be required to resolve them" (5,130 words)

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