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The Tragic Story Of Clarence Madison Dally, Thomas Edison's Assistant And The World's First Victim Of X-Ray ExposureThomas Edison looking through a calcium tungstate flouroscope at an assistant's hands.

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The Tragic Story Of Clarence Madison Dally, Thomas Edison's Assistant And The World's First Victim Of X-Ray ExposureThomas Edison looking through a calcium tungstate flouroscope at an assistant's hands.
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The Tragic Story Of Clarence Madison Dally, Thomas Edison's Assistant And The World's First Victim Of X-Ray Exposure

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Were The Mysterious “Sea Peoples” Lurking Throughout Nolan's The Odyssey Real? We Asked The ExpertsEtching taken from part of the wall relief at Medinet Habu, Egypt depicting the Sea Peoples (thought to be the Peleset) being defeated by the army of Ramses III in c.1173 BCE.

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Were The Mysterious “Sea Peoples” Lurking Throughout Nolan's The Odyssey Real? We Asked The ExpertsEtching taken from part of the wall relief at Medinet Habu, Egypt depicting the Sea Peoples (thought to be the Peleset) being defeated by the army of Ramses III in c.1173 BCE.
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Were The Mysterious “Sea Peoples” Lurking Throughout Nolan's The Odyssey Real? We Asked The Experts

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Are "Natural Disasters" On The Rise? | IFLScience The Big QuestionsA picture of a mobile phone displaying The Big Questions logo overlaid on a picture of a flooded neigbourhood.

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Are "Natural Disasters" On The Rise? | IFLScience The Big QuestionsA picture of a mobile phone displaying The Big Questions logo overlaid on a picture of a flooded neigbourhood.
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Are "Natural Disasters" On The Rise? | IFLScience The Big Questions

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Dunning-Kruger And The Calamitous Lemon Juice Bank Robbery That Launched A New Cognitive Biasan open bag filled with dollar notes

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Dunning-Kruger And The Calamitous Lemon Juice Bank Robbery That Launched A New Cognitive Biasan open bag filled with dollar notes
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Dunning-Kruger And The Calamitous Lemon Juice Bank Robbery That Launched A New Cognitive Bias

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The USSR Had Nuclear-Powered Lighthouses Lining Its Arctic Coast, And They Became As Big A Problem As You Can ImagineMist and seabirds hang over the Aniva lighthouse in the North Pacific Ocean near Sakhalin, Russia.

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The USSR Had Nuclear-Powered Lighthouses Lining Its Arctic Coast, And They Became As Big A Problem As You Can ImagineMist and seabirds hang over the Aniva lighthouse in the North Pacific Ocean near Sakhalin, Russia.
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The USSR Had Nuclear-Powered Lighthouses Lining Its Arctic Coast, And They Became As Big A Problem As You Can Imagine

clock-iconJuly 29, 2026

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The First-Ever Photo Of A Solar Eclipse Is Probably Older Than You Think – And Still Better Than Many Modern Onesthe daguerrotype of the eclipse of 1851 showing the covered sun, the corona and several prominences

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The First-Ever Photo Of A Solar Eclipse Is Probably Older Than You Think – And Still Better Than Many Modern Onesthe daguerrotype of the eclipse of 1851 showing the covered sun, the corona and several prominences
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The First-Ever Photo Of A Solar Eclipse Is Probably Older Than You Think – And Still Better Than Many Modern Ones

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If The Bodies Of Pompeii Are Casts, Why Do Some Have Teeth? The City Is So Well Preserved, Even "The Archaeology Has Its Own Archaeology"pompeii cast shows clear face and mouth with teeth in a row

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If The Bodies Of Pompeii Are Casts, Why Do Some Have Teeth? The City Is So Well Preserved, Even "The Archaeology Has Its Own Archaeology"pompeii cast shows clear face and mouth with teeth in a row
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If The Bodies Of Pompeii Are Casts, Why Do Some Have Teeth? The City Is So Well Preserved, Even "The Archaeology Has Its Own Archaeology"

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Roleplaying The End Of The World: Can "Playing Pandemic" Help Prevent The Apocalypse? Real Simulation Exercises Suggest Yes, It Cana hand moves a chess piece that is wearing a tiny face mask - part of IFLScience's viral summer series

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Roleplaying The End Of The World: Can "Playing Pandemic" Help Prevent The Apocalypse? Real Simulation Exercises Suggest Yes, It Cana hand moves a chess piece that is wearing a tiny face mask - part of IFLScience's viral summer series
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Roleplaying The End Of The World: Can "Playing Pandemic" Help Prevent The Apocalypse? Real Simulation Exercises Suggest Yes, It Can

clock-iconJuly 28, 2026

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Rubies, Sapphires, Opals, Garnets – How Mars’s Gemstones Could Keep A Record Of Ancient Lifea cut garnet on a stony surface

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Rubies, Sapphires, Opals, Garnets – How Mars’s Gemstones Could Keep A Record Of Ancient Lifea cut garnet on a stony surface
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Rubies, Sapphires, Opals, Garnets – How Mars’s Gemstones Could Keep A Record Of Ancient Life

clock-iconJuly 27, 2026

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Where Would Astronomers Go If A Spacecraft Could Break The Laws Of Physics? We Asked ThemArtist impression of a spacecraft sorrounded by a bright flare planets moons supernovae and a supermassive black hole

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Where Would Astronomers Go If A Spacecraft Could Break The Laws Of Physics? We Asked ThemArtist impression of a spacecraft sorrounded by a bright flare planets moons supernovae and a supermassive black hole
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Where Would Astronomers Go If A Spacecraft Could Break The Laws Of Physics? We Asked Them

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Why Do 8 Million Pickled Fish Sit In Louisiana's WWII Bunkers? | IFLScience We Have QuestionsA picture of a mobile phone superimposed on a background of fish in jars.

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Why Do 8 Million Pickled Fish Sit In Louisiana's WWII Bunkers? | IFLScience We Have QuestionsA picture of a mobile phone superimposed on a background of fish in jars.
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Why Do 8 Million Pickled Fish Sit In Louisiana's WWII Bunkers? | IFLScience We Have Questions

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In 2005, Scientists Built A "Haunted" Room By Manipulating Electromagnetic Fields. Things Certainly Got Weird – But Not How You'd Thinka white room with plain walls

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In 2005, Scientists Built A "Haunted" Room By Manipulating Electromagnetic Fields. Things Certainly Got Weird – But Not How You'd Thinka white room with plain walls
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In 2005, Scientists Built A "Haunted" Room By Manipulating Electromagnetic Fields. Things Certainly Got Weird – But Not How You'd Think

clock-iconJuly 24, 2026
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The "Face On Mars" At 50: The Face That Launched A Thousand Conspiraciesthe icon face on mars image from the viking 1 orbiter, the face is half in shadow, with another shadow creating the illusion of an eye and parted lips

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The "Face On Mars" At 50: The Face That Launched A Thousand Conspiraciesthe icon face on mars image from the viking 1 orbiter, the face is half in shadow, with another shadow creating the illusion of an eye and parted lips
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The "Face On Mars" At 50: The Face That Launched A Thousand Conspiracies

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The Ancient Idea That Vision Worked By Shooting Elemental Fire Out Of Your Eyeballs, And Touched The Objects You Were SeeingTwo cats eyes, in absolute darkness.

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The Ancient Idea That Vision Worked By Shooting Elemental Fire Out Of Your Eyeballs, And Touched The Objects You Were SeeingTwo cats eyes, in absolute darkness.
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The Ancient Idea That Vision Worked By Shooting Elemental Fire Out Of Your Eyeballs, And Touched The Objects You Were Seeing

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One Of The Earliest "Online" Games Took Place In 1897, And Was An Attempt To Ease Tensions Between The US And Great BritainA poster promoting a telegraph chess game in 1898.

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One Of The Earliest "Online" Games Took Place In 1897, And Was An Attempt To Ease Tensions Between The US And Great BritainA poster promoting a telegraph chess game in 1898.
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One Of The Earliest "Online" Games Took Place In 1897, And Was An Attempt To Ease Tensions Between The US And Great Britain

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