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Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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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 →
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New Fuel Source Claims to Capsize Quantum Mechanics

A man named Randell Mills claims that his company, Blacklight Power, has produced a prototype power generator which o...
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Nov 2005 • Read →
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The Great Taste of Human Flesh, Without the Guilt

Mark Nuckols is the founder and CEO of Hufu, LLC, and his company has but one goal: To serve man (or some reasonable,...
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Nov 2005 • Read →
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The History of Speaking Machines, 1770-Present

As early as the 1770s, inventors have been constructing elaborate contraptions to mimic the sound of the human voice....
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Nov 2005 • Read →
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I’ve Got the Same Combination on My Luggage!

America's gaggle of "Minuteman" long-range nuclear missiles went on line for the first time during the Cuban missile...
Written by Alan Bellows • 05 Nov 2005 • Read →
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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 →
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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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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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Cold Power

John Piña Craven is a highly intelligent man of about 80 years who seems to think that cold water can make many peopl...
Written by Alan Bellows • 02 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Running Out of Oil

For years, many expert geologists have been warning us that we're rapidly approaching a point where we can no longer...
Written by Alan Bellows • 01 Nov 2005 • Read →
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