Magicians used to patent their illusions, before they realized their patents would be published, so we can see how their tricks worked.
Houdini’s Diving Suit
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The Radio Smellfinder
Buckle up, because this is a weird one.
Ugly Bags of Mostly Water
There was an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, where our plucky heroes encounter a planet with crystalline life. Besides being part of a poorly studied arc across the Star Trek franchises that explores the limits of humans' ability to make friends with sassy rocks, the episode used this post's title to describe human … Continue reading Ugly Bags of Mostly Water
Patenting the odd, the impossible, and the unnerving 