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This is where China can win the race against the United States. A China that focuses on science, research & development, & innovation would deal the final blow to US hegemony. --- China could be the world’s biggest public funder of science within two years nature.com/articles/d4158…

Finally someone's aiming to build a quantum-enabled optical interferometer that can take sub-diffraction images of the earth & space. Exoplanets too? --- Diffraqtion Raises $4.2 Million to Build Quantum Camera-Enabled Satellite and Telescope Constellations thequantuminsider.com/2026/01/13/dif…

Tiny nuclear reactors would be cheap and ideal for many states. An example off the top of my head is Iran, where a decentralized nuclear energy system is more crucial than ever. --- Tiny Nuclear Reactors Could Be the Key to Unlimited Power Across America popularmechanics.com/science/energy…

Natural hydrogen is abundant, everywhere, and quasi-renewable. Its exploitation would end the world's dependence on oil- and gas-rich states, which would be a blessing. ---- How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy source theconversation.com/how-natural-hy…

Low-cost hypersonic weapons proliferation might, ironically, make wars less likely in the future, as many states, irrespective of their size and wealth, would be able to possess weapons that would give them a solid form of deterrence. In fact, even non-state actors might benefit.

China’s ‘dirt cheap’ hypersonic missiles could upend global defence markets: state media The ‘cement-coated’ YKJ-1000 could prove ‘formidably competitive’ internationally if sold at the relatively cheap price of US$99,000 scmp.com/news/china/sci…