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Give me the Oscillation Overthruster!

loquacious — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 15:23:57 -0800

How to build yourself a Glow Discharge Panel. No, really. Woah, that's freakin' cool. UFO stuff, I think to myself. Heh. Oh.. Oh holy crap!

Science toys

skyscraper — Sat, 12 Jul 2003 20:54:05 -0800

Self-built science toys. Too much fun with the world around you. I'm making the Binaca cannon first thing tomorrow.

sheauga — Mon, 03 Jun 2002 10:24:01 -0800

How to Flirt. "Flirting is much more than just a bit of fun: it is a universal and essential aspect of human interaction." What social science can tell you about flirting and how to do it.

skallas — Sun, 20 Jan 2002 03:00:01 -0800

The geranium: Nature's camera. The sensitivity of certain silver salts to light was known from about 1727, when Johann Heinrich Schulze published his findings in the Nuremburg Academy of Natural Philosophers. But many natural things are sensitive to light. Long ago people noticed the effect of light on green plants, or how it made coloured fabrics fade. It is the effect of light on plants that makes Roman Photography possible. [via bifurcated rivets]