Building a nuclear reactor at home
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/03/jon-ronson-diy-science-experiments
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When Richard Handl was arrested for attempting to split the atom on his stove, he joined a growing band of home experimenters cooking up all kinds of trouble behind the kitchen door.
Ängelholm is a pretty southern Swedish town, famed for its clay cuckoo manufacturing, a clay cuckoo being a kind of ocarina, which is a kind of flute. The crime rate here is practically zero. Except one of its residents was last year arrested for trying to split the atom in his kitchen. His name is Richard Handl and he buzzes me into his first-floor flat.
I wanted to meet Richard because I keep seeing reports of home science experimenters clashing with the authorities. There's been a spate of them this past year or two.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/03/jon-ronson-diy-science-experiments
Ängelholm is a pretty southern Swedish town, famed for its clay cuckoo manufacturing, a clay cuckoo being a kind of ocarina, which is a kind of flute. The crime rate here is practically zero. Except one of its residents was last year arrested for trying to split the atom in his kitchen. His name is Richard Handl and he buzzes me into his first-floor flat.
I wanted to meet Richard because I keep seeing reports of home science experimenters clashing with the authorities. There's been a spate of them this past year or two.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/feb/03/jon-ronson-diy-science-experiments
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There's some wonderfully wacky (and scary) stories in this article about home grown backyard "wizards" and their ventures into questionable science projects.
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