Nobody Doesn’t Like Molten Boron 06/28/2011 Here’s an excerpt from my new book, The Practical Pyromaniac. It’s a bit different than a lot of the other...
Alessandro Volta and Electrodeposition 10/26/2010 Before the chemists of the 19th century understood electrochemistry, most metal items were made from one solid hunk of metal;...
Remaking History — Samuel Morse and the Telegraph 07/27/2010 Despite the fact that Morse had little knowledge of electricity, he plunged ahead as only a man in the throes...
Made on Earth — Trebuchet Tossables 04/01/2010 Enormous even by medieval standards, this catapult is large enough to throw heavy objects 700 feet into a grassy field.
Make: Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Dangerous giving 12/01/2009 “Security is mostly a superstition,” wrote Helen Keller. “It does not exist in nature… Life is either a daring adventure...
Speed Week 08/18/2009 What Cape Canaveral is to astronauts, the Bonneville Salt Flats are to those who love to drive fast.
