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The Crypt of Civilization

In the basement of Phoebe Hearst Hall at Oglethorpe University in Georgia, there is a stainless steel vault door whic...
Written by Alan Bellows • 17 Feb 2006 • Read →
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The Not-So-Legendary Chimera

Imagine if a man discovered one day that two of his three children were not genetically related to him. Recrimination...
Written by Cynthia Wood • 15 Feb 2006 • Read →
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It’s a Plane! It’s a Tank! It’s Both!

Sergei Anokin must have been one of the bravest men in the Soviet army of World War 2. He is the only pilot to ever f...
Written by Greg Bjerg • 10 Feb 2006 • Read →
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The Birthday Paradox

I used to have an uneasy relationship with mathematics. I had long been a bit put off by math's condescending demeano...
Written by Alan Bellows • 09 Feb 2006 • Read →
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Parasites on the Brain

Toxoplasma gondii may be the most prevalent human parasite. As many as 50% of humans worldwide, and up to 80% in urba...
Written by Cynthia Wood • 08 Feb 2006 • Read →
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The Hole Story on Trepanation

Hippocrates endorsed its use and it’s the world’s second oldest surgical procedure following circumcision. It’s call...
Written by Greg Bjerg • 07 Feb 2006 • Read →
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The World’s Tiniest Gold Prospectors, Architects, and Cows

Humans (myself included) like to think of ourselves as the most important species on our planet, but we are sorely wr...
Written by Anthony Kendall • 06 Feb 2006 • Read →
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Free-Fall from Near Space

You have probably heard about - or done - some form of extreme free-fall, be it sky diving, bungee jumping, or base j...
Written by Daniel Lew • 05 Feb 2006 • Read →
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The Halifax Disaster

How a maritime accident led to the largest human-caused explosion in the pre-nuclear era.
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Feb 2006 • Read →
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Great Advances in Smoking Safety

Smoking tobacco has been around practically forever, but cigarettes as a commercial product are actually a fairly rec...
Written by Cynthia Wood • 03 Feb 2006 • Read →
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