confinement

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Binderbauer says he sees a pathway to adequate energy confinement and is confident in TAE’s technology and experience building complex machines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“The Pit and the Pendulum,” the first half of the program, translates especially well to this setting, its dark sense of demented confinement keeping my nerves on high alert.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

There’s a really good podcast series called The Habitat on one series of experiments testing how humans could get through the group confinement of a Mars trip.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2026

A BOP spokesperson said in an emailed statement that the bureau does not discuss conditions of confinement or security procedures and that employee standards of conduct prohibit staff from giving any prisoners preferential treatment.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Their confinement to Africa, along with abundant fossil evidence, indicates that the earliest stages of human evolution were also played out in Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond