Everyday items being nuked in a microwave


Microwaves

Doesn’t get any more self-explanatory than that. Over the decades, kids of all ages wondered what would happen to their toys if they somehow went 2 minutes on high in their GE microwave, some have even given it a try. For those of us that were always stopped by our over-cautious parents before pressing the start button, there’s MicrowaveCam.com. Via MicrowaveCam, a few young at hearts take on the task of nuking pretty much everything you can think of in America’s favorite kitchen appliance, the microwave. From CDs to Easter candy, these people have nuked it all and recorded it for us to see and enjoy, via their custom-built microwave featuring a damn strong camera built-in.

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October 4th in Kitchen, Science, Video | | 4 comments
Baby bang experiment has a small chance of destroying Earth


Mini bang

CERN is close to launching their latest experiment, a 27km-long circular particle accelerator, which will be used to (hopefully) replicate a miniture version of the Big Bang. The experiment will run for over 10 years, with the first useful bits of information being returned within the first year. Don’t worry, the probability of the Earth being destroyed during the experiment is only 10 to the minus 40th power.

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September 21st in Astronomy, News, Science | | 18 comments

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