In addition to clearing our last remaining scientific hurdle, we need to advance a parallel engineering agenda into key reactor technologies that will enable commercial fusion power plants to reliably deliver electricity in a highly competitive market.

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If it is, the social and political discussions that need to happen and reach conclusions around the topic of geo-engineering ought to be happening now - in parallel with the technical research, if not ahead of it.

BBC: Science & Environment

For the past 15 years, USDA has maintained a parallel regime focused exclusively on plants altered or produced through the most precise genetic engineering techniques.

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