Kansas

35-year-old Katrina Badowski from Kansas City was just two weeks away from her destination wedding in Italy when she opened a letter in the mail and discovered it was a jury summons. The date she was required to appear for jury duty was August 31st — the exact day she was scheduled to marry her partner at the Vatican.

The startup Deep Fission is promoting a first-of-its-kind experiment to build a nuclear reactor underground, aiming to generate electricity without the familiar massive concrete complexes. Supporters see an energy revolution, while opponents warn: "We are guinea pigs."