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A renowned physicist and recipient of numerous science awards, including the Nobel Prize, famed former Fermilab Director Leon Lederman was everyman to the kids he met. Fermilab’s Dee Hahn recounts how Lederman entertained the children at the Fermilab daycare center.

In this 10-minute video, scientist Don Lincoln talks about the gamut of radiation levels, from safe to harmful (and cinematically enhanced).

Scientists Rocky Kolb and Mike Turner recount the time they first proposed that Fermilab – dedicated to the study of the universe’s smallest constituents — expand its program to include the stars, galaxies and the cosmos.

Fermilab’s website was born in June 1992, thanks in part to Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web in 1989. Fermilab’s Ruth Pordes tells the origin story.

This 4-minute animation shows how the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment will help scientists understand how the universe works.

Radiation is one of those words that many people misunderstand. In this video, Fermilab’s Dr. Don Lincoln explains the known kinds of nuclear radiation and their different properties.

Adrienne Kolb, former Fermilab archivist and historian, came to live at the laboratory in 1983 with her husband, their three children and their dog. On-site country living included frequent science conferences, regular encounters with wildlife and lively, neighborly gatherings.

Everyone working at National Accelerator Laboratory in the early days knew they were helping to launch something big. Barb Kristen paints a picture of what it was like working at the first office in Oak Brook, Illinois, and later at an office in the Village.

Only neutrinos with a specific spin configuration have been observed. In this 7-minute video, Don Lincoln talks about the possibility of other types of neutrinos, called right-handed or sterile neutrinos.