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The ThorCon MSR (molten Salt reactor) technology is well positioned to provide Indonesia and other emerging economies with clean dispatchable energy. The TMSR-500 will be built at DSME at its yard in Okpo, South Korea. The use of a modern shipyard will achieve huge savings in time and cost while also improving quality of construction. ... Read more

Image: Netflix It’s been over a year since we last saw Luci the demon, Elfo the elf, and Bean the newly crowned Queen of Dreamland on Netflix, and things weren’t looking good. Luci had died and gone to heaven. Elfo had been carried away by angry ogres for blinding their prince. And poor Bean had been dragged off to hell by her evil mother Dagmar to marry someone who may or may not be the de facto ruler of Steamland, which has designs on Dreamland. Impressively, this new trailer for Disenchantment: Part IV shows things can always get worse. Because they do! It seems like basically everyone is going to challenge Queen Bean for her throne, but it also appears like Dreamland has a secret of its own. It’s good stuff: The summary over at the trailer’s YouTube page says, “Princess Bean’s misadventures this season include the discovery of an underwater castle containing secrets that could change the history of Dreamland,” which is very interesting. But Part IV ’s official synopsis is a...

Elon Musk does not drive new programs at Tesla because he wants to, he drives them because he has to. Elon is currently driving the FSD (Full Self Driving) and the Teslabot program at Tesla. Long term, every car will have FSD. And so — and the value of that will be a very big ... Read more

Here’s John. Say hi to John, everyone. Screenshot: Paramount+ Last night we got our first proper extended look at Paramount+’s long-awaited Halo: The Series , the latest in a long line of attempts to bring the Master Chief out of video games and into live-action. But not only is the new show about to be the biggest attempt to do just that, it’s also going to be diving into Halo lore that’s barely been touched upon in the games themselves. The Halo games, the first three in particular, largely focus on topics that will of course also be important to Halo: The Series , including Master Chief’ existence as a “Spartan,” the product of a superhuman genetic engineering project; humanity’s war with the alien faction known as the Covenant; and the titular Halos . But even in the brief glimpses we’ve had of the show so far, it’s clear that Halo: The Series is going to explore beyond those elements, even prefaced with the idea of it being in a “similar-but-different” alternate timelin...

Good selection of new and old classics coming to streaming this month. Image: Various Welcome back to io9's Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. As always, we’re including the best new films and TV coming to Netflix , Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, and HBO Max—as well as Paramount+, Shudder , and Peacock. Folks, there may be too many streaming services. We don’t usually include sports, but it’s worth mentioning that the Super Bowl is February 13, and the commercial breaks are likely to include new trailers for big movies. If you’re into that, then here’s how to stream the Super Bowl . One last note: if you’re looking for the new Halo series coming to Paramount+, you’re going to have to wait until March. Now the good stuff, the best of what’s streaming in February 2022. If you’re only interested in the s...

George Lucas at Star Wars Celebration 2017 in Orlando, FL. Photo: Gustavo Caballero (Getty Images) Even after it became the highest-grossing film of all time, George Lucas still wasn’t completely satisfied with Star Wars. Sure, the filmmaker obviously was happy with much of what’s on screen , but the visuals and scope he had in his mind in when he made the movie in the 1970s didn’t line up with the final product. He just didn’t have the time or money. That’s why, 20 years later, he created the Special Editions —the first of which, A New Hope , was released January 31, 1997, exactly 25 years ago. “My original motivation in going back into the film and working on it is [that] films, unlike books or symphonies, are never finished. They are abandoned or yanked away from you,” Lucas told Entertainment Tonight back in 1997 . “And at some point somebody says, ‘That’s enough. We’re putting it in theaters.’ And you say, ‘But it’s not done!’ ‘Ah, you’ll be on this for a hundred years if...

Dead Collections Image: Penguin Books Snowed in ? A loather of Valentine’s Day ? Feeling sluggish on the doom-laden treadmill of life? Perk up with this robust list of brand-new sci-fi and fantasy books coming out in February. We got Jedi ! We got space nuns! We got monsters, slippery royals, thieves, and even a taser-wielding librarian! Read on! Image: Orbit Azura Ghost by Essa Hansen The Graven space opera trilogy continues as Caiden comes out of hiding to fight an old foe... and his old foe’s sister. He’ll need to tap into his own mysterious genetic code if he wants any hope of defeating them and saving the multiverse. (February 1) Image: Thomas & Mercer Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly A perfumer who create scents that evoke immersive memories—a service so alluring people will murder for it—is pulled into an enticing deal with a rich client, and is soon on a desperate quest to complete the commission. (February 1) Image: Delacorte Press Castles in Their B...