What Would You Do With the World's Most Powerful Laser?

sciencehabit writes "This week, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an important milestone on the road to achieving ignition, which could lead to producing controlled fusion reactions here on Earth. But NIF isn't just about harnessing the energy of the stars—it's about learning how stars produce their energy in the first place. In fact, pushing matter to extreme pressures and temperatures lets scientists explore all sorts of unanswered questions. At the annual meeting of AAAS in Chicago four physicists sat down with Science Magazine to discuss NIF's basic science potential and what experiments they would do if they had the laser all to themselves."

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I would..

[TechyImmigrant]

>What Would You Do With the World's Most Powerful Laser?

I would attach it to the world's biggest shark. Obvious really.

Clearly.

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Probably prepare for unforseen consequences.

Popcorn

[Radak]

I'd make popcorn in Professor Hathaway's house, of course.

Perfect target for this...

[rts008]

I would fire it at /.Beta.