When I look up at the stars, I like to imagine the thousands of alien worlds in orbit around them. Most are likely barren deserts,…
benMay 31, 2020
Traveling across the Earth Once on Earth, your atoms began to cycle through the air, land, and water. At this point, it's hard to track…
benMay 30, 2020
The world's most famous equation is undoubtedly E=mc2, also known as the 'energy-mass equivalence'. Although I had seen it countless times, it wasn't until writing this…
benMay 29, 2020
TL;DR: If you blew up a quarter until it was the size of the USA, each of the atoms it was made from would now…
benMay 28, 2020
🎧 Listen to this article TL;DR: Nitrogen is one of life's most precious resources. Discovering how to industrially produce it (as ammonia) let our population break…
benMay 27, 2020
TL;DR: It is a material whose atoms we have destabilised. Certain types will far outlive our species, and we currently have nowhere it put it.…
benMay 26, 2020
TL;DR: Atoms form molecules by donating or sharing electrons, which binds them together like magnets. This creates a prodigious variety of new substances out of…
benMay 22, 2020
TL;DR: At a distance, like hexagons. Close up they look like beautiful and complex mathematical shapes. If we could perceive the universe as it truly…
benMay 18, 2020
Imagine you're at the petrol station filling up your car, when a splash of petrol hits the ground. The last time these atoms saw the…
benMay 5, 2020
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