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Aliens probably look even weirder than we think - Quartz

Posted: 01 Oct 2016 02:01 AM PDT
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Quartz
Aliens probably look even weirder than we think
Quartz
The two scientists further posited that such aliens would have “established
a channel of communication that would one day become known to us.� Such
alien signals would most likely take the form of shortwave radio, which is
ubiquitous through the ...



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Last living Doolittle Raider recalls America's revenge attack - CNN

Posted: 30 Sep 2016 03:53 PM PDT
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CNN
Last living Doolittle Raider recalls Americas revenge attack
CNN
Soon, all 15 remaining planes followed. The grueling mission had begun. "I
remember thinking we had just separated ourselves from civilization," Cole
said. "The range of our short-wave radio was only about 45 miles and we
were going to be more than 45 ...

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A Brief History of the Microwave Oven - IEEE Spectrum

Posted: 30 Sep 2016 12:05 PM PDT
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IEEE Spectrum
A Brief History of the Microwave Oven
IEEE Spectrum
Indeed, at the 1933 Worlds Fair in Chicago, Westinghouse demonstrated a
10-kilowatt shortwave radio transmitter that cooked steaks and potatoes
between two metal plates. But nothing came of these culinary adventures.
Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer ...



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Tim Moo I cycled 10000km along the Iron Curtain on a 50 bike -
Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 01 Oct 2016 12:44 AM PDT
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Telegraph.co.uk
Tim Moo I cycled 10000km along the Iron Curtain on a £50 bike
Telegraph.co.uk
When the writer Tim Moore heard of a new bike trail tracking the old Iron
Curtain, he found himself recklessly inspired. To a child of the Cold War
who had spent his boyhood twiddling through eerie Soviet signals on a
short-wave radio, the freedom to ...