World's largest nuclear fusion reactor is finally completed. But it won't run for another 15 years.

World's largest nuclear fusion reactor is finally completed. But it won't run for another 15 years. | 6,000-year-old burial mound in Czech Republic may be one of earliest funeral monuments ever found in Europe | 'It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is': Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( July 4, 2024 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [X](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](   Top Science News [] [World's largest nuclear fusion reactor is finally completed. But it won't run for another 15 years.]( (Alamy) [World's largest nuclear fusion reactor is finally completed. But it won't run for another 15 years.]( ITER, a $28 billion fusion reactor in France, has finally had its last magnetic coil installed. But the reactor itself won't fire up fully until 2039 at the earliest. [Read More]( [] History & Archaeology [] [6,000-year-old burial mound in Czech Republic may be one of earliest funeral monuments ever found in Europe]( (UHK Department of Archaeology) [6,000-year-old burial mound in Czech Republic may be one of earliest funeral monuments ever found in Europe]( The structure is thought to be made by the people behind the Neolithic Funnel-Beaker culture. [Read More]( [] Planet Earth [] ['It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is': Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record]( (NASA via AP/Alamy) ['It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is': Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record]( Unprecedented sea surface temperatures have driven the powerful storm to form early in the year, sowing catastrophe across the Caribbean. [Read More]( [] - [Hurricane season 2024: How long it lasts and what to expect]( [] Astronomy & Astrophysics [] [Alien 'warp drives' may leave telltale signals in the fabric of space-time, new paper claims]( (Shutterstock) [Alien 'warp drives' may leave telltale signals in the fabric of space-time, new paper claims]( A new paper suggests that we may be able to spot alien spaceships hopping between distant stars using "warp drives" because the technology would give off specific gravitational waves that are unlike anything else we know about. [Read More]( [] Health [] [Scientists just grew the 1st-ever 'minibrains' from multiple people's cells]( (Noelia Antón-Bolaños and Irene Faravelli) [Scientists just grew the 1st-ever 'minibrains' from multiple people's cells]( Hybrid brain organoids could be used to test how people respond differently to drugs before clinical trials begin, researchers say. [Read More]( [] Animals [] [280 million-year-old swamp monster with 'big, flat toilet seat-shaped head' discovered in Namibia]( (C. Marsicano) [280 million-year-old swamp monster with 'big, flat toilet seat-shaped head' discovered in Namibia]( Giant salamander-like predator that lived 40 million years before the first dinosaurs had huge fangs and sucked up prey with its weird head. [Read More]( [] Daily Quiz [] How old is the oldest known example of storytelling rock art? (Learn the answer [here](.) [Vote]( [12,000 years old]( [Vote]( [31,000 years old]( [Vote]( [51,000 years old]( [Vote]( [75,000 years old](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( [Future]( Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036