Tesla: Inventor of the ModernNikola Tesla invented the radio, robots and remote control. When his first breakthrough ― alternating current ― pitted him against Thomas Edison’s direct-current empire, Tesla’s superior technology prevailed. Although penniless later in life, he never stopped imagining. In the early 1900s, he designed plans for cell phones, the Internet, death-ray ...
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Big Screen Science: 'Apollo 13'Houston, we have a problem...with some of the science in this movie! Join Kishore Hari (@sciencequiche) and Jeff Silverman (@J_M_Silverman) after the film as we discuss some of the scientific successes and failures of APOLLO 13. What's a "lunar slingshot maneuver"? Does Ron Howard understand how the phases of the Moon work? ...
