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The Surprisingly Explosive World of Nitrogen Triiodide

2025-06-01

This article recounts a surprising encounter with nitrogen triiodide (NI3), an incredibly unstable compound. The author details an experience where seemingly random bangs in a stairwell were traced to the highly sensitive explosive. NI3's instability stems from the loose bonding of iodine atoms to nitrogen, making it detonate from even minor disturbances like a footstep or air current. The text explains the chemical reasons for its instability and notes its complete lack of practical applications due to its unpredictable detonations. The author concludes with a warning against attempting synthesis and links to safe demonstrations of NI3's explosive nature.

Is Abandoning the Internet the Next Big Thing?

2025-03-19

The author compares the current internet to a dangerous slum, filled with spam, malware, and constant attacks. Using personal anecdotes and website statistics, he illustrates the dark side: overwhelming spam, persistent DDoS attacks, and rampant malware. He argues the internet's average IQ is declining and may worsen. While not ready to abandon the internet himself, he's considering it, noting others have already quietly left.

Bending Spacetime in Your Basement: A Simple Gravity Experiment

2025-03-11

This article describes a simple physics experiment that can be performed at home using readily available materials. It demonstrates the existence of universal gravitation using a torsion balance. The experiment cleverly uses differential measurement to cancel out Earth's gravity, allowing observation of the gravitational attraction between small objects, thereby validating the concept of spacetime curvature in Einstein's General Relativity. The author even speculates on how history might have unfolded if Archimedes had performed this experiment in antiquity.