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Curio:

Japan’s Secret Biological Weapons Program

In 1945, just after Japan surrendered to the United States to end the second world war, a Japanese I-400 class submar...
Written by Alan Bellows • 23 Oct 2005 • Read →
Curio:

The Hunter and the Hunted

Something is lurking in the dark, waiting. A tremor is felt...something approaching. The dark thing waits patiently...
Written by Josh Harding • 25 Oct 2005 • Read →
Article:

Rainmakers and Cloudbusters

In the first few days of 1916, Charles Hatfield and his brother Joel finished construction of a twenty-eight foot tow...
Written by Alan Bellows • 25 Oct 2005 • Read →
Article:

The Great Rose Bowl Prank of 1961

The Rose Bowl is arguably the most famous annual college football game there is, often referred to as "The Granddaddy...
Written by Alan Bellows • 26 Oct 2005 • Read →
Curio:

1600 Years Before the Steam Engine There Was the Steam Engine

Mankind doesn't really evolve. Not as a people. We copy, mimic, and integrate, all standing on the shoulders of the g...
Written by Jason Bellows • 27 Oct 2005 • Read →
Article:

The Consequences of Excessive Wakefulness

Every day, humans experience the irresistible compulsion to pass out, and then remain unconscious for hours upon hour...
Written by Alan Bellows • 28 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 →
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/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 →
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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 →
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