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February 26 – Glowing with pride
Today’s Factismal: Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium was radioactive when he forgot about an experiment. In 1896, not much was known about radioactivity. Physicists knew that you could generate...
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December 2 – Brave New World
Today’s factismal: The world’s first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction took place in Chicago on December 2, 1942. Did you ever wonder why a nuclear reactor is sometimes called a “pile”?...
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December 2 – Brave New World
Today’s factismal: The world’s first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction took place in Chicago on December 2, 1942. Did you ever wonder why a nuclear reactor is sometimes called a “pile”?...
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May 25 – Let’s Work
Today’s factismal: Marie Curie was awarded her PhD 113 years ago today; she would win her first Nobel prize within the year. To many scientists, the happiest day of their lives is the day when they...
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December 2 – Pile On!
Today’s factismal: The world’s first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction took place in Chicago on December 2, 1942. Did you ever wonder why a nuclear reactor is sometimes called a “pile”?...
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December 16 – Carb-gone 14
Today’s fasctismal: The oldest age that carbon-14 can give is 114,600 years; the youngest is 570 years. If you have ever cleaned up a teenager’s room, then you have probably discovered one of the most...
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