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The Stinkbird Enigma

In South America, in the swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, lives a very unusual bird. The hoatzin is a phea...

Jul 18, 2006

Professor Edgerton's Atomic Camera

During the early days of atomic bomb experiments in the 1940s, nuclear weapons scientists had some difficulty studyin...

Mar 23, 2006

Nuclear Landmines

In 1950s-era Germany, the British forces which had been stationed there after World War 2 were understandably nervous...

Jan 10, 2006

Miniature Guide Horses for the Blind

By using selective breeding programs over many generations, horse breeds have been produced which are little more tha...

Dec 13, 2005

The Man Who Was a Dwarf and a Giant

Very few details are known about the life of Adam Rainer, but in a way, he represents an extraordinary piece of medic...

Dec 01, 2005

Atomic Annie and Her Nuclear Projectile

In 1953, the United States Department of Defense was conducting a series of nuclear weapons tests called Operation Up...

Nov 25, 2005

The Extraordinary Dymaxion Automobile

Imagine a car that seats eleven passengers, turns on a dime, has excellent fuel efficiency, and cruises happily at 12...

Nov 04, 2005

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...

Nov 02, 2005

Nature's Nuclear Reactors

In the early- to mid-1950s, Dr. Paul Kuroda from the University of Arkansas described the possibility of naturally oc...

Oct 12, 2005

Invasion of the Tongue Snatchers!

The Spotted Rose Snapper, which lives off the coast of California, is one of a handful of species of fish that are pl...

Sep 25, 2005

The Fax Machines of the 1800s

Although the fax machine did not begin to see wide acceptance until the late 1970s, the device's invention predated i...

Sep 21, 2005

The Truth About Tourette's

Tourette Syndrome is a highly misunderstood neurological disorder. It is depicted throughout popular media as an unco...

Sep 20, 2005

The Inexplicable Voynich Manuscript

Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book Library is in possession of many fascinating historic texts, but perhaps its mos...

Sep 10, 2005

Starfish Prime

On the night of 9 July 1962 a number of beach front hotels in Honolulu, Hawaii were throwing “rainbow bomb” parties;...

Sep 08, 2005

Japan's Balloon Bombs

One of World War 2's best-kept secrets was that of the Japanese balloon bombs, the first weapon ever deployed with in...

Sep 07, 2005

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