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Article:

Leonardo The Inventor

Many of us are familiar with Leonardo Da Vinci the artist. His contributions to the culture are seemingly endless....
Written by Josh Harding • 12 Nov 2005 • Read →
Long-Form:

The Killer Lakes of Cameroon

On the night of 15 August 1984, a truck sagging with the weight of a dozen passengers trundled along a misty road in...
Written by Alan Bellows • 11 Nov 2005 • Read →
Article:

In Heavy Fog

On a Saturday morning in July of 1945, Army Air Corps bomber pilot Lt. Colonel William Smith was trying to fly his B-...
Written by Alan Bellows • 10 Nov 2005 • Read →
Long-Form:

Chernobyl

Part One On April 26th, 1986, the world was shaken by an explosion. The worst-case peacetime scenario had occurre...
Written by Josh Harding • 08 Nov 2005 • Read →
Article:

NASA’s Messages to the Great Unknown

Since it was launched in 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 space probe has traveled over thirteen billion miles, and is now hur...
Written by Alan Bellows • 07 Nov 2005 • Read →
Article:

The Phantom Time Hypothesis

When Dr. Hans-Ulrich Niemitz introduces his paper on the "phantom time hypothesis," he kindly asks his readers to be...
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Nov 2005 • Read →
Curio/Podcast:

The Extraordinary Dymaxion Automobile

Imagine a car that seats eleven passengers, turns on a dime, has excellent fuel efficiency, and cruises happily at 12...
Written by Alan Bellows • 03 Nov 2005 • Read/Listen →
Curio/Podcast:

The Razzle Dazzle Camo of World War I

The Brits called it "Dazzle Painting," and the Yanks called it "Razzle Dazzle." It transformed ships of war from plai...
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Nov 2005 • Read/Listen →
Article:

Express Elevator to Space, Going Up

Only a handful of decades ago, a group of very smart scientists figured that if they crammed a giant metal barrel ful...
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Oct 2005 • Read →
Curio:

Deep Impact

On the Fourth of July 2005, NASA successfully executed what may be their coolest mission ever: to shoot the comet 9P/...
Written by Bryan Lowder • 29 Oct 2005 • Read →
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