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Showing posts with label 50s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 50s. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

We once trusted our kids with radioactive kits - for science!

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The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory was a toy kit sold for one brief year in 1950, by Alfred Carlton Gilbert, who also invented the ...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

A Different America With Different Entertainment: Disney's Adventure Through Inner Space

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Speaking as a former Southern California mall rat, one of my favorite experiences from childhood was riding the "Adventure Throu...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

Fall In Love With Marika Rokk's Interpretation Of Space Cabaret

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Marika Rokk was a dancer and singer of German film. Unfortunately, she was at the height of her popularity right during the Nazi era,...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

The Real-Life Mountains of Madness: The Dyatlov Pass Incident

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After more than half a century, the Dyatlov Pass Incident looks to be the world's most uncrackable unsolved cold case. Nin...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Robert A. Heinlein's 1952 Predictions For 2000 - A Report Card

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I saw this list at io9 , and figured, just for the exercise, to go through Heinlein's predictions one by one and see what T...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Russian Retro-Future Babes in Space

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From Retro-Futurism.
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