Well, howdy there, Internet people.

It's Dana again.

And today you're at Research Road.

This is a weekly series where we go through science and tech news with a bit of dry humor.

Then we do a dive into a science topic and we close out by answering some questions from y'all.

Today is the 1st of July 2025.

And on this date in 1944, the Bretton Woods Conference started.

It led to the creation of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Today is International Joke Day. It's not a day honoring a certain president. It's really just about jokes.

There's no way I'm going to take advantage of that throughout today's episode in each section.

So, starting off with tech news.

How do you know a nuclear engineer is at a party? Don't worry, they'll radiate confidence.

A former friend of Elon Musk suggested in an interview that Elon would try to get even with Trump for humiliating him.

The interview occurred before Elon lost it on social media over Trump's bill.

Google and Commonwealth fusion systems announced a deal to buy 200 megawatts of energy from a commercial fusion plant that is planned to be built in the 2030s in Virginia.

Meanwhile, the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant is expected to restart ahead of schedule.

The World Bank has removed its ban on funding nuclear power plants.

Solar and wind power is looking at a $7 billion tax under Trump's new budget plan.

Iran has said their nuclear enrichment program will never stop,

and reporting suggests a cat and mouse game has started in trying to find Iran's uranium.

And now on to space. How do you organize a space party? You plant it.

NASA's Perseverance Rover is on Mars grinding away at the surface to expose what's below for analysis.

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