Mankind has long believed that it’s possible to communicate with the dead. Attempts to do so have been made over the centuries through oracles, séances, mediums, and psychics. Today, with a variety of electronic equipment at our disposal, there might be an easier, more effective way to converse with the spirit world. And whether or not…
X-rays are a vital imaging tool used around the globe. Since first being used to image bones over 100 years ago, the X-ray has saved countless lives and helped in a range of important discoveries. X-rays are a naturally occurring form of electromagnetic radiation. They are produced when charged particles of sufficient energy hit a…
Of all Nikola Tesla’s inventions, one he never actually built has cast an outsized shadow on his legacy. Tesla described a “death ray” which could knock enemy airplanes from the sky. Tesla didn’t think the death ray would be used to inflict violence, however. On the contrary, he imagined it as a tool of peace….
Although X-rays were invented by Wilhelm Röntgen on Nov. 8, 1895, Nikola Tesla had also been experimenting with what he called “shadowgraphs.” In the fall of 1894, Tesla became intrigued by damage to photographic plates during experiments to study radiant power on phosphorescent bodies. His early investigations were deterred, however, by a fire in his…
Guglielmo Marconi, pictured, is largely credited with inventing the radio. However, Tesla beat Marconi to the punch — he just happened to run into some bad luck. Tesla had realized that Tesla coils had another purpose: They could transmit messages. But just when he was about to try it out in 1895, his lab burned…
Nikola Tesla was chosen over his rival, Thomas Edison, to create the hydroelectric power generator at Niagara Falls. Of the 12 patents used to construct the hydroelectric power plant, nine belonged to Tesla. The plant began to generate power in 1895. The following year, Tesla’s power plant was used to power the city of Buffalo,…
Extra-terrestrial contact has already been made — at least if you believe a report that ran 25 years ago Thursday, on Oct. 9, 1989, in the Soviet press agency TASS The Voronezh Aliens sighting was a bizarre extraterrestrial sighting that took place on the evening of September 27, 1989, at about 6:30 PM. Appearance According to eyewitness…
