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Alan Bellows is the founder/designer/head writer/managing editor of Damn Interesting.
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Nature’s Nuclear Reactors

In the early- to mid-1950s, Dr. Paul Kuroda from the University of Arkansas described the possibility of naturally oc...
Written by Alan Bellows • 11 Oct 2005 • Read/Listen →
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What You Can’t Say

The essay "What You Can't Say" is written by the excessively intelligent and articulate Paul Graham. It discusses co...
Written by Alan Bellows • 08 Oct 2005 • Read →
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Stem Cells Restore Mobility to Paraplegic Woman

In Korea, medical science may have just taken an impressive stride. A woman named Hwang Mi-Soon, who had been paral...
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Oct 2005 • Read →
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It Rains More on Weekends

Fair weather often seems to play hard-to-get on warm season weekends. During the work week, we toil under buzzing flu...
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Oct 2005 • Read →
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Gator vs. Python

In the Everglades National Park in Florida, the new residents have been trying to find their place in the ecosystem....
Written by Alan Bellows • 05 Oct 2005 • Read →
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Help, I’m Trapped in a Universe Factory

This doodle from Randall Munroe's Drawings is a spin-off of the classic "Help I'm Trapped in a Fortune Cookie Factory...
Written by Alan Bellows • 05 Oct 2005 • Read →
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Finally, a Remote-Controlled Robot You Can Swallow

Arianna Menciassi and her team of researchers at the Sant' Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy have create...
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Oct 2005 • Read →
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The Emotional Bankruptcy of Alexithymia

Few people are familiar with the condition known as alexithymia, yet it is not so rare a thing. Alexithymia is condit...
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Oct 2005 • Read →
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Saturn’s Moon Hyperion

On September 26, 2005, the Cassini spacecraft flew by Saturn's moon Hyperion, and captured some fascinating images re...
Written by Alan Bellows • 04 Oct 2005 • Read →
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Robots in Combat

Officials in Seoul, Korea have recently earmarked the equivalent of $32.4 million dollars to develop a next-generatio...
Written by Alan Bellows • 03 Oct 2005 • Read →
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