A soon-to-be-released study on future activities in space suggests that private Moon bases could be a reality as early as 2020...
A soon-to-be-released study on future activities in space suggests that private Moon bases could be a reality as early as 2020...
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The Leyden jar is variously called a condenser or capacitor, and the reasons for those two names become obvious when one understands the...
This month's "Achievers" column begins to redeem the promise made on the inside back cover of the December 1999 Navigator. There, under the
Benjamin Franklin is the ideal person to lead off The Atlas Society''s Year 250 celebration, for many reasons. First, Franklin was a man who
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There are people whom you have known or met who have a powerful quality to them; they know themselves, they seem comfortable in their own...
Editor's note: The following article is adapted from "Professional Heroes," a talk given by Gordon Stubley at the 1997 Atlas Society Summer
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This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the 1925 trial of John Scopes, who was accused of violating Tennessee’s prohibition on teaching