At eight years old, Aiden McMillan started reading about nuclear physics. He wasn’t doing it for school. He was just interested. For the next two years, he didn’t touch a single piece of equipment. He ...

“This is Poppy,” says Howard Greenwood, proudly showing me his prize cow. In truth, though, “cow” is charming nuclear research slang. Poppy is a slim glass column filled with radioactive waste that ...

A 12-year-old from Dallas has built a nuclear fusion machine and is seeking recognition from Guinness World Records as the youngest person ever to do so. Aiden McMillan’s device drew attention after ...

While social media posts in 2025 didn't give the story a date, it happened in 2018. He achieved fusion on his 13th birthday, but several hours before his birth time, according to Guinness World ...

The FBI visited the lab of a 12-year-old boy who achieved nuclear fusion in his bedroom. Rating: True (About this rating?) Context: While social media posts in 2025 didn't give the story a date, it ...

His inspiration came from Taylor Wilson's TED talk. A 12-year-old boy from Memphis, US, recently received an unexpected visit from the FBI after successfully building a nuclear fusion reactor in his ...

Emily Brown is UNILAD Editorial Lead at LADbible Group. She first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route - before graduating with a BA Hons in English Language in ...

TL;DR: A Canadian man, known as Hudzah, achieved nuclear fusion at home for $3000 using Claude AI and OpenAI o1 pro. He built a fusor to detect neutrons, not to achieve full fusion, using materials ...

True to its name, you can’t have Infinite Craft without trying to make Infinity in its namesake. Although this game hasn’t quite reached an infinite number of recipes, it certainly does feel like it ...

Find out how to make the best-ever mashed potatoes days before Thanksgiving. Ann Taylor Pittman bakes potatoes to create a fluffy, smooth mashed potato that’s a guaranteed crowd favorite. Baking the ...

A math student has achieved the unthinkable. In just four weeks, Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, a math student at the University of Waterloo, has created a small homemade fusion reactor using parts he bought ...

In a nutshell: An unlikely contestant has emerged in the race toward cracking the fusion code, which has seen the biggest labs and richest billionaires pouring billions into various projects: a ...