A 13-Year-Old British Boy Achieved Nuclear Fusion

Steven Petrov
The Paw Print

The majority of 13-year-old teenagers’ lives in the world we live today are mostly arranged around playing computer games and video games. This has led to fewer and fewer time spent reading, writing, or any other creative activities.
A significant decrease in the general knowledge levels has been observed in the last decade among teenagers. The fitness levels of newer generations become worse with each year, and obesity, as well as other weight related health problems, has started to occur more and more often.
However, just as there are exceptions of the general rule that teenagers do not work out and exercise regularly, there are exceptions of the general rule that teenagers are obsessed with video and computer games. A major exception is the 13-year-old high-school student Jamey Edwards, who recently became the youngest person in the world’s history to achieve nuclear fusion. The British youngster says that what inspired him was the previous record holder, the American Taylor Wilson, who succeeded in the same task at the age of 14 back in 2008. Jamey Edwards received the official permission of his school’s principal to undertake this challenge, only if he promised not to blow up the school. With the moral and financial support of his school in Penwortham, Jamie didn’t blow anything up, but what he did was set a new world record and became the youngest scientist in the world with an invention and achievement of that size.
The youngster was forced by time to present his work, due to the fact that he will turn 14 years in a couple of days. Jamey shared his enthusiasm and excitement after he saw how the Geiger counters confirmed that he successfully had achieved a nuclear fusion, getting “helium” as the final product of the collision of two atoms. Jamey mentioned the difficult start of his project and how when he decided to undertake this complicated task.
Neither of the universities and laboratories that he visited took him seriously. According to the young genius, this achievement would not have been possible without the absolute support of his school’s principal.