Fifth Grader Accidentally Concocts a New Explosive Molecule
Admittedly, I did spend my childhood playing with explosives. But I certainly never had as much success as 10-year-old Clara Lazen (not pictured), who accidentally created a new energy storing molecule, tetranitratoxycarbon, that could be used as an explosive. Using one of those molecular modeling sets we all messed with in school, Clara forged a…