Many readers were probably fans of watching Myth Busters, that television show that used scientific recreation to test urban and historical legends, each one more bizarre than the last. Well, in episode 29, aired in March 2005, they “busted” one of those out-of-place artifacts often cited by conspiracy theorists and lovers of the esoteric to […]
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The Man Who Accidentally Invented the Modern Lightning Rod, Ignored by Science Until the 19th Century
The American Benjamin Franklin is often credited with inventing the lightning rod, among other things brought to light by his prodigious ingenuity. However, there were other scientists working on it simultaneously, and perhaps the most important of them was the Czech Prokop Diviš, a pioneer in Europe. What is really curious about his work is […]
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Electromote, the Story of the First Trolleybus, Invented by the Founder of Siemens
The early steps in the history of motorized land vehicles left truly picturesque but charmingly pioneering brushstrokes. Seeing those cars with huge spoked wheels and horse carriage chassis makes us smile, the larger their level of extravagance, the more significant the grin. That’s why, sometimes, one must rub their eyes at the sight of primitive […]
