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Hadji Ali and the Regurgitators

In the early twentieth century, there was a man of unusual talent known as the Great Regurgitator. His real name was...
Written by Greg Bjerg • 05 May 2006 • Read →
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Eyewitnesses to Hiroshima and Nagasaki

On 6 August 1945, a number of eyes in the Japanese city of Hiroshima turned skyward at the drone of a US B-29 bomber...
Written by Alan Bellows • 03 May 2006 • Read →
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Earth’s Artificial Ring: Project West Ford

At the height of the Cold War in the late 1950s, all international communications were either sent through undersea c...
Written by Anthony Kendall • 02 May 2006 • Read →
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Baseball and the Physicists

Without a doubt baseball has had more serious study behind it than any other major sport. It's hard to say why this i...
Written by Greg Bjerg • 29 Apr 2006 • Read →
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Before the Big Bang

The Big Bang theory is a major marvel of science. It is a conclusion drawn from the collusion of several scientists’...
Written by Jason Bellows • 28 Apr 2006 • Read →
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Ground Effect Vehicles

Until the project was shelved in 2006, Boeing’s Phantom Works Research and Development unit were developing a concept...
Written by Greg Bjerg • 27 Apr 2006 • Read →
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Pathological Laughing and Weeping

Dr. Schiffer’s patient was thirty-seven when he laughed his way through his best friend’s funeral. At that time he ha...
Written by Cynthia Wood • 26 Apr 2006 • Read →
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The Artificial Prison of the Human Mind

In 1971, a study about prisons was funded by the U.S. Navy to try to better understand problems in the Marine Corps.'...
Written by Daniel Lew • 21 Apr 2006 • Read →
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The Balance of Risk

Let’s suppose your child wants to take a martial arts class. Being a conscientious parent, you check out the local do...
Written by Cynthia Wood • 20 Apr 2006 • Read →
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Musical Torment

When the human ear encounters music, a number of brain systems are engaged by the incoming sound. The music signal is...
Written by Alan Bellows • 19 Apr 2006 • Read →
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