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25 results for "gasoline"

Long-Form/Podcast:

The Traveler and His Baggage

In Nazi-occupied Paris, “Dr. Eugène” offered Jews an alternative to deportation, slavery, and death camps. But the escape network was not what it seemed.
Written by Alan Bellows • 03 Jun 2021 • Read/Listen →
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Colonels of Truth

The tumultuous true story of the life of a fast food icon.
Written by Alan Bellows • 15 Mar 2016 • Read/Listen →
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Absolute Zero is 0K

Victorian scientists struggle to reach and understand the vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly cold universe at Absolute Zero.
Written by Alan Bellows • 20 Mar 2014 • Read/Listen →
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Steely-Eyed Hydronauts of the Mariana

The story of humanity's first visit the ocean's deepest point.
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Jul 2009 • Read →
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The Ethyl-Poisoned Earth

Chronically catastrophic chemist Thomas Midgley accidentally poisons the world with a neurotoxin, and Clair Patterson tries to stop him.
Written by Alan Bellows • 08 Dec 2007 • Read →
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The Mechanical Battery

In a world where everything from our automobiles to our underwear may soon run on electricity, more efficient portabl...
Written by Christopher S. Putnam • 12 Oct 2007 • Read →
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The Last Great Steam Car

When primitive automobiles first began to appear in the 1800s, their engines were based on steam power, the same powe...
Written by Alan Bellows • 24 Oct 2006 • Read →
Retired:

A Taxing Ordeal

Many people have started to cut their use of fossil fuels. Some because of the onerous price of gasoline, some to cu...
Written by Jason Bellows • 10 Apr 2006 • Read →
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The Smoldering Ruins of Centralia

There is a small town in Pennsylvania called Ashland where Route 61's northbound traffic is temporarily branched onto...
Written by Alan Bellows • 29 Mar 2006 • Read/Listen →
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The Six-Stroke Engine

Under the hood of almost all modern automobiles there sits a four-stroke internal combustion engine (ICE). Though the...
Written by Alan Bellows • 18 Mar 2006 • Read →
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