I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.
9 人推荐 · 跨 7 个月 · 2021–2026
中文导读
Tom Scott 考证“微波炉最初是为了解冻仓鼠而发明”这一奇特传闻，并在传奇科学家 James Lovelock 101 岁高龄时对他进行面对面专访，追溯 1950 年代磁控管技术在雷达之外的早期奇妙演进。
为什么 HN 推它
一场令人击节赞赏的技术冷知识侦破之旅，更有百岁科学泰斗 Lovelock 弥足珍贵的亲述访谈。
「整个故事绝对值得一看，Tom Scott 的讲解功力令人叹服。」HN 网友原话：The whole story is worth a watch since Tom Scott does an admirable job of explaining
英文原摘要（HackerTube / Claude 整理）
Tom Scott investigates the claim that the microwave was invented to heat hamsters, and interviews James Lovelock about freezing and microwave-thawing hamsters in the 1950s. It traces early magnetron uses beyond radar.
HN recommends it as a well-told chase of a weird fact that lands a rare interview with Lovelock at age 101.
HN 上的提及
There was a really interesting video about how microwaves were first used to test this
microwaving frozen mice was one of the very first non-radar applications of the microwave magnetron.
includes a brief interview with James Lovelock last year at age 101
Edit to add an interesting related video
features a nice interview with Lovelock