On Roy Stemman's Paranormal Review blog there is a fascinating article on cold fusion. Cold fusion is the idea of creating nuclear fusion—where multiple atomic nuclei join together to form a single heavier nucleus—at or near room temperature. A side effect of this is a massive release of energy. Regular fusion, the physical source of the power of our Sun, normally requires temperatures of many thousands of degrees. If effective cold fusion is discovered, it would revolutionize the world, providing virtually unlimited and safe energy at negligible costs. In the 1980s, two highly respected and honored researchers at the University of Utah started investigating cold fusion and eventually