TL;DR: Nuclear waste is a material whose atoms have destabilised. Certain types will far outlive our species, and we currently have nowhere it put it.…
benMay 26, 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
String theory is probably one of the wildest theories that has ever come out of science. But to verify any theory, we need to design…
benNovember 23, 2019
The double slit experiment is the most famous experiment in quantum mechanics. It shows that quantum mechanical sized particles (e.g. particles that are even smaller than…
benJuly 25, 2019
There is an invisible field that underlies the entire universe, like a net stretching in every direction. While the field is intangible, it will often…
benJuly 22, 2019
Carbon atoms have a really special property. They can form the backbone of long, complex molecules, and it's with these molecules that chemistry gets really…
benJuly 16, 2019
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