May 2010
April 2010
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How to build a star
Here is the boiled-down recipe for how the Livermore lab plans to cook up a star:
Step one: Build the largest laser in the world, preferably inside a drab-looking office building. (To do this, you’ll have to suspend all previous notions about what a laser looks like. This one is basically a giant factory full of tubes. The laser beam, which is concentrated light, bounces back and forth...
Scientists are trying to use the world's largest... →
stevewhitaker:
If movies have taught us anything, it’s that GIANT LASERS AND HUGE NUCLEAR REACTIONS ARE BAD!
Apollo 11 launch sequence. Sweeeeeet!
http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2010/04/24/nerd-alert-apollo-11-in-hd/