Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations

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Lise Meitner looks at Otto Hahn.
Otto Hahn (left) won a Nobel Prize for the discovery of nuclear fission and would later downplay his colleague Lise Meitner (right) for her critical role in the discovery.

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How hydrogen bombs compare to atomic bombs, and how scientists created the most destructive weapon ever

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Atomic bomb mushroom cloud on the left compared to a much larger hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud on the right.
The Trinity test (left) was made from an atomic bomb whereas Ivy Mike (right) came from a hydrogen bomb.

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