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Howard Dully’s Lobotomy

In 1960, Howard Dully became one of the youngest recipients of an “icepick” lobotomy at the age of 12. The psychiatri...

Written by Alan Bellows • 17 Nov 2005 • Read →

Curio:

Superfluous Brain

It really happened. On 10 September 1945, Mike (who wasn't named "Mike" at the time) was going to be dinner. Such is...

Written by Jason Bellows • 13 Nov 2005 • Read →

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Runaway Breakdown

It has long been thought that the run-of-the mill thunderhead lacked sufficient energy to create the stupefying amoun...

Written by Jason Bellows • 12 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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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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The Fiery Balls of Naga

Supernatural phenomena always seem to be met by photographers who possess a supernatural ability to botch a simple ph...

Written by Alan Bellows • 22 Oct 2005 • Read →

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