Scientific American on Instagram: "This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics went to three people who helped discover that a quantum physics principle works on real world scales. Their findings helped form the basis of digital technology, including supercomputers and smartphones. Read more about the award-winning research at the link in our bio. 🎤🎞️✏️ Carin Leong 📝Lee Billings 📸 Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Getty Images, UC Berkeley, Yale Engineering, Rocco Ceselin for Nat

archive on Instagram: "On May 16, 1958, the United States conducted an underwater nuclear test called Wahoo. The device had a yield of 9 kilotons — similar to the Hiroshima bomb — but this time, the detonation occurred beneath the ocean’s surface. Within a second, a dome of water rose over 840 feet into the air. By seven seconds, it had widened to nearly 3,800 feet, sending violent plumes in every direction. By the 12th second, the vertical column began to collapse, while massive water surges co

Part 44: The Atomic Bomb's Impact on History