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,…
benMarch 1, 2020
TL;DR: The relative abundance of the four states of matter shows us that many of the things that we're used to on Earth, like seeing…
benMarch 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…
benMarch 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.…
benMarch 26, 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…
benMarch 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…
benMarch 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…
benMarch 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…
benMarch 5, 2020
TL;DR: Science has shown that space and time are different aspects of the same thing. This leads to some mind-bending outcomes when you travel very,…
benMarch 4, 2020
TL;DR: Both Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein took on gravity, but neither of them quite worked it out. We're waiting for Player 3 to enter…
benMarch 3, 2020
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