Exon points us to this Science Roll post with a compilation of science-oriented video archives.
Philip Ball has a post recounting the history (and the key person) behind the development of goggles that filter out UV and IR radiation.
Guru points us to some of the classic papers from the previous centuries that Philosophical Magazine has published [...]
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Couturnix has a great post — no, make that an absolutely great post — on Nikola Tesla in celebration of the latter’s 150th birthday on July 10. You’ve got to check out that post to see why I’m amazed …
Still, at least the first two commenters on that post were left rather underwhelmed by Couturnix’s [...]
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It has been easy to underestimate Celtic technological achievements because so much has vanished or been misunderstood. Of course, it was thoughtless of the Celts not to leave us anything much in the way of written records — they should have known that the lack of books putting forward their own propaganda would weight the [...]
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