Fusion from sharks with laser beams attached to their heads!

The world of Science just got a bit more exciting today when I read about an alternate way to jumpstart a fusion reaction. Oddly the article is dated April 19th but I know it didn’t pop up on the site until today because I skim their main page every work day. Anyway, if using lasers works out, then Scientists are closer to the ultimate goal, a fusion power source which is much, much safer than traditional fission-based nuclear reactors and it could finally lay down the path to beating Global Warming. I’m still cheering on the huge, joint effort being built in France that will still use the traditional means through magnetics. Other than the cleaner and less dangerous aspects of fusion (the radioactive effects have a shorter range in distance and time), the amount of energy produced could also be applied to making more durable spacecraft or probes.