Year: 2012
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Time Travel
Is There A Ghost That Rides Star Tours?
You know, I’ve been on the old Star Tours a few times. The one at Disney World. It’s fun enough,…
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Fragments
Researchers Photograph An Atom’s Shadow
I feel like I’m looking at portals, but no — this is the first photograph ever of a single atom’s…
NOAA Says Mermaids Aren’t Real And I Can’t Be Part Of Their World
You might want to sit down, because I have some bad news. According to NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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The Attic
What Really Caused The Tunguska Event?
It began with a “bluish light,” a glowing object as bright as the sun. It swept across the skies of…
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Time Travel
Book Review: Alas, Babylon
I finished reading Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank over the weekend. It’s a good book, and so I thought I’d…
A Chance Encounter With A Time Traveler
This peculiar time travel tale comes straight from Reddit’s NoSleep district. Now, sure, a good chunk of the posts over there…
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Fragments
A Tubular Interstellar Space Craft Patent
Here we have a patent application (US8109471B2) for a “tubular shaped interstellar space craft,” filed on November 14, 2008. It’s…
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Movies & TV
Dug North And His Amazing Automata
I’ve been fascinated with automata ever since playing Syberia and reading Gaby Wood’s intriguing (if not occasionally out-of-focus) book Edison’s…
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Time Travel
John Titor: The Alter-vú Phenomenon
Before he allegedly left our worldline in 2001, the person claiming to be John Titor, the Internet time traveler from…
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Fragments
The Philip Experiment: Conjuring Life From Nothing?
In September 1972, the Toronto Society for Psychical Research, along with poltergeist expert Dr. A.R.G. Owen, set out to accomplish…