2022 Cyberdeck Contest: The Black Beast Will Help You Survive a Robot Apocalypse

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With AI systems getting smarter every day, one might wonder if they might someday evolve into a sentient Skynet-like system and try to take over the world. We’re not sure …read more Continue reading 2022 Cyberdeck Contest: The Black Beast Will Help You Survive a Robot Apocalypse

Meeting NRC Regulations and the Nuclear Event

The US nuclear industry’s safety record is stellar, in part thanks to NRC regulations that arose from Three Mile Island. But complying with NRC regulations is costly: annual ongoing regulatory costs can range from $7.4 million to $15.5 million pe… Continue reading Meeting NRC Regulations and the Nuclear Event

Incident Response in the Oil and Natural Gas Industry: It’s All About Communications

After Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Department of Energy (DoE) asked the National Petroleum Council (NPC) to provide specific actionable steps to better prepare the oil and natural gas industry’s response to natural disasters. In response, the NPC… Continue reading Incident Response in the Oil and Natural Gas Industry: It’s All About Communications

Preparing for Japan’s Next Tsunami

The island nation’s new warning system will broadcast qualitative alerts like takai and kyodai (“high” and “huge”) during future Pacific megathrust earthquakes, to better urge people to evacuate before the waves come. Continue reading Preparing for Japan’s Next Tsunami

This Asteroid Hunter Is Tasked With Saving Earth from Killer Impacts

Lindley Johnson is NASA’s Planetary Defense Officer and in many ways, the fate of the Earth rests in his hands. But he’s not stressed about it. Continue reading This Asteroid Hunter Is Tasked With Saving Earth from Killer Impacts