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This is a Picture of Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla
You know, no big deal. Afflicted with curiosity about their friendship? Well, you now have the tools to remedy that. (via Marginal Revolution, thanks Andrew!)
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Happy 155th Birthday, Nikola Tesla!
On July 10, 1856, Nikola Tesla was born in what is now modern day Croatia. He would go on to study electrical engineering and lay the groundwork for much of the technology that we take for granted in...
View ArticleToday is Thomas Edison’s Birthday, Why Don’t You Learn Something About Him?...
Besides his feud with nerd icon (nerdicon?) Nikola Tesla and having a middle name of “Alva,” what do you really know about Thomas Edison? Probably not much, and since it’s his birthday it’s only...
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Don’t Ask for The Moon, Ask for the Apollo Lander: The Jewelry of The Science...
On this Memorial Day Monday, when sales and special offers abound, you might be tempted to some retail therapy, and we wouldn’t blame you. But might we recommend Churrts Etsy store The Science...
View Article10 Instances In Which History Meets Geekery - Power Grid
[See image gallery at www.themarysue.com] [View All on One Page] Previous Power Grids 10 Anime You Should Watch (And That Are Easy to Find) 5 Modern Movie Trends That Were Started By Peter Jackson 10...
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The Oatmeal is Trying to Build a Gorram Tesla Museum
Matthew Inman, creator of The Oatmeal, is at it again. In conjunction with the non-profit Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, Inman has started a fundraiser to raise $850,000 to purchase the land...
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The Oatmeal Has Already Met the Tesla Museum Funding Goal
In what is obviously a sign of the power of the Internet, The Oatmeal‘s fundraiser to preserve the site of Nikola Tesla‘s last laboratory has already met its goal — less than a week after the...
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Nikola Tesla Museum Might Actually be Happening; Science History Geeks the...
Ladies and gentlemen: We are one step closer to a Nikola Tesla museum. In case you haven’t been following the efforts of The Oatmeal‘s Matthew Inman and the non-profit group previously know as Friends...
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Things We Saw Today: Star Wars-Disney-Palooza - Things We Saw Today
This Pixar/Star Wars mashup is so simple, yet so good. (geekgirldiva.tumblr.com) He’s ba-ack! Henri the Existentialist French cat ponders the meaning (or lack thereof) of Halloween, via The Frisky....
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Make This Happen: Indiegogo Campaign to Create a Nikola Tesla Animated Series
Two animation and science enthusiasts are trying to make every geek’s dreams come true. The guys behind Wood Goblin Studios have an Indiegogo campaign to fund the pilot of a cartoon about Nikola...
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Group The Oatmeal Raised Money for Successfully Purchases Nikola Tesla’s Lab
Remember back in August when The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman raised $1.3 million dollars to buy Tesla’s old laboratory and build a museum? It looks like things are moving ahead for the project. The group...
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Great Work, Internet! We’re Getting a Tesla Statue That’s Also a Time Capsule...
In spite of being dead, Nikola Tesla is having a pretty good year. His New York lab was just purchased by a group of admirers looking to turn it into a museum, he could be getting his own cartoon, and...
View ArticleDo We Over-Aggrandize Nikola Tesla? PBS Idea Channel Explains the Two Nikolas...
Nikola Tesla was a brilliant innovator, and the world owes him a lot, but he’s far from the superhero many people make him out to be. In the latest episode of PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta looks...
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7 Geek Vacation Destinations - We find your lack of relaxation disturbing.
Culturally, Summer is over, and the autumnal equinox is just a few days away to make it official, so we figure it’s a great time to start daydreaming about next year’s Summer vacation. We’ve put...
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Watch Live as Nikola Tesla Monument is Dedicated at His Wardenclyffe Lab -...
Nikola Tesla will be remembered today as Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic dedicates a monument on the site of Tesla’s Shoreham, New York lab. The dedication is being live streamed and you can watch...
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Nikola Tesla Died 70 71 Years Ago Today, Listen to His Eulogy by NYC Mayor...
Nikola Tesla died 70 71 years ago today on January 7th, 1943 in room 3327 of the New Yorker Hotel. His eulogy was delivered over the radio — which he invented — by then New York City Mayor Fiorello...
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Glenn Beck Is Making A Movie About Tesla And Edison - Well, this could become...
Glenn Beck says he is tired of politics, he’s tired of Hollywood, and he’s tired of all the fame and glory being given to “bad man” Thomas Edison. It’s the biased biopic that I never would have...
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Elon Musk Just Gave Nikola Tesla a $1 Million Birthday Present - Reminder to...
Today would have been Nikola Tesla’s 158th birthday. A lot of people are celebrating, but it’s going to be tough to beat Elon Musk’s gift. According to the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, Musk...
View ArticleThis Musical Tribute To Nikola Tesla Is Approximately 1000000x Cooler Than...
Matthew Inman (aka The Oatmeal) loves Nikola Tesla. Like, really loves Nikola Tesla. Inman loves Tesla so much that Inman actually saved Tesla’s former laboratory from destruction, owns it, and now...
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Things We Saw Today: Sith Lord Jar Jar Binks Will Not Be in The Force Awakens...
It has been incontrovertibly proven that Jar Jar Binks is a Sith Lord, but he’s one Sith Lord that won’t be making an appearance in The Force Awakens, at least according to LucasFilm’s Kathleen...
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