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POPSCI VIDEOTeen Builds Basement Nuclear Reactor!

One high-school student´s successful quest to create atomic energy, just for kicks

By Gregory Mone Posted 03.20.2007 at 1:00 am 2 Comments

See the bottom of the page for a video demonstration of Thiago Olson's homemade fusion reactor.

Build a Homemade Nuclear Reactor

Cost: $3,500

Time: 2
Years

Itching for a challenging science project, two years ago Thiago Olson decided to build a small nuclear reactor. He had limited funds, limited space in his garage, and little engineering know-how. After all, he was only 15.

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It's the Nanomeds, Stupid

The Issue: The new comic-book movies take pains to update science-speak. The lingo is nonsense, but it sure is a hoot

Posted 06.01.2005 at 1:00 am 0 Comments

First off, let me just say that i'll enjoy watching The Thing, a 600-pound creature made of orange rock, stop an oncoming 18-wheeler with his shoulder every bit as much as the next guy. But it's not the action scenes that get me excited about a movie like The Fantastic Four, which premieres on July 8. Whenever a new comic-book movie debuts, I get a kick out of seeing how the filmmakers finesse the science.

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