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[-] MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago

Early nuclear scientists were batshit crazy deranged lunatics. Louis Slotin was researching the criticality of a plutonium core by lowering half a sphere of beryllium over it using the tip of a screwdriver and not a single piece of safety equipment.

It did not end well.

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2026
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