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The Power of Positive Lightning

When a glider abruptly explodes under clear blue sky, investigators suspect an unusual and powerful meteorological phenomenon.
Written by Matt Castle • 17 May 2012 • Read →
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Rider on the Storm

The story of an unplanned and prolonged skydive through a thunderstorm.
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Oct 2011 • Read →
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Steely-Eyed Hydronauts of the Mariana

The story of humanity's first visit the ocean's deepest point.
Written by Alan Bellows • 21 Jul 2009 • Read →
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The Pit of Life and Death

Just outside Butte, Montana lies a pit of greenish poison a mile and a half wide and over a third of a mile deep.
Written by Richard Solensky • 01 Jul 2008 • Read →
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Operation Pastorius

The little-known story of Nazi spies in America sent to sabotage the war effort.
Written by Christopher S. Putnam • 20 Apr 2008 • Read →
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Sergei’s Litter

From the 1920's through the 1950's, a Soviet scientist by the name of Sergei S. Bryukhonenko spent countless hours sl...
Written by Scott Cianciosi • 20 Dec 2007 • Read →
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Space Radio: More Static, Less Talk

Owing to radio's aptitude in transporting information, our planet is endlessly peppered by man-made low-frequency rad...
Written by Alan Bellows • 30 Nov 2007 • Read →
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The Gimli Glider

When a botched imperial-to-metric conversion left a commercial jet with insufficient fuel, pilots had to improvise.
Written by Alan Bellows • 12 Nov 2007 • Read →
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Amoebic Morality

Once food had been plentiful, but no longer. In the early days of the colony, the amoebas had feasted on a rich supp...
Written by Carol Otte • 09 Oct 2007 • Read →
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The Star Dust Mystery

The passenger manifest for British South American Airlines (BSAA) flight CS-59 might have made a perfect character li...
Written by Matt Castle • 30 Jul 2007 • Read →
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