This is a great feature from Popular Science magazine about Taylor Wilson, a young lad with an amazingly enquiring scientific mind. He set up a nuclear lab in his family’s garage before he even reached his teens, and achieved nuclear fusion at the age of fourteen. It’s an extraordinary story by Tom Clynes.
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I always love reading about the working lives of people in professions far removed from my own, so this article in The Atlantic really tickled my fancy. The magazine asked its readers to identify the aspects of their job that outsiders don’t appreciate, and then published this A-Z guide. It’s brilliant!
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This is a brilliant Wired feature about a relatively recent outbreak of anthrax amongst intravenous drug users in Glasgow, and Health Protection Scotland’s subsequent investigation. The fact that I loved this article so much is certainly influence by my job as a Public Health doctor, but I think most people will have at least some interest in this fascinating case.
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The London 2012 Olympic Torch relay reaches its conclusion tonight with the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Back in March, Max Fisher wrote a great article for The Atlantic looking at the relay’s Nazi origins. If you didn’t read it then, what better time than now?
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This is a great story by Robert Zubrin of reason.com. It discusses NASA’s approach to safety and the implied worth of an astronaut’s life. Well worth reading!
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