Teen Nerd Nite

01/20/2023

Oooh tabular icebergs!

NASA just shared a stunning image of a nearly perfect rectangular iceberg in Antarctica. The monolithic slab of ice, floating just off the Larsen C ice shelf appears quite unnatural given the 90-degree angles.

12/09/2022

DeepMind’s AlphaCode outperforms many human programmers in tricky software challenges

10/10/2022

Happy Thanksgiving!

09/26/2022

Tonight successfully destroyed a probe by smashing it into an asteroid during a double asteroid redirection test or “DART”

08/05/2022

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07/30/2022

In 1960, David Latimer planted a spiderwort sprout inside of a large glass bottle, added a quarter pint of water, and then sealed it shut. He opened the bottle 12 years later in 1972 to add some water and then sealed it for good. The self contained ecosystem has flourished for more than 60 years.

For those who are wondering how this is even possible: the garden is a perfectly balanced and self-sufficient ecosystem. The bacteria in the compost eats the dead plants and breaks down the oxygen that is released by the plants, turning it into carbon dioxide, which is needed for photosynthesis. The bottle is essentially a microcosm of earth.

06/13/2022

Happy Superman Day!

05/31/2022

Today we're planning LHC test collisions at 6.8 TeV - the highest ever energy in the history of the accelerator!

These tests are an important milestone in the preparation for in July.

Find out more: home.cern/news/news/accelerators/large-hadron-collider-restarts