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How 2001: A Space Odyssey Predicted the AI Assistant (and Got the Scary Part Right)
HAL 9000 talked to astronauts in plain English in 1968 — decades before Siri. The unsettling part wasn't the voice.
Twelve Seconds That Started Aviation
The first powered flight in history covered less ground than the wingspan of a modern jumbo jet.
The Nobel Prize Einstein Actually Won
Ask most people what Einstein won the Nobel Prize for, and they'll guess wrong. So did the Nobel committee, in a sense.
A Record Meant to Outlive Us All
Voyager 1 has been flying for almost 50 years. Bolted to its side is a message built to make sense to something that isn't human.
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5 World-Changing Discoveries That Happened by Total Accident
Some of history's biggest breakthroughs came from a dirty petri dish, a glowing screen, or a scientist who forgot to wash his hands.