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Other Creations of Famous Inventors

Mental Floss is out with a list featuring Edison, Tesla, others

(Newser) - You know all about Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. But did you know Bell also made a metal detector in an unsuccessful attempt to find the bullet in President James Garfield after he was shot in 1881? The device (which came along after one developed earlier in France) is one...

What Critics Say About Ethan Hawke's Tesla
What Critics Say About
Ethan Hawke's Tesla
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What Critics Say About Ethan Hawke's Tesla

It's a 'brilliantly internalized performance,' says one

(Newser) - Before there was Tesla the company, there was Tesla the man. Nikola Tesla, to be precise, and a new film—called Tesla—about the pioneering scientist is generally drawing praise for Ethan Hawke's portrayal. See the trailer . The overall score on Rotten Tomatoes is 59%. Examples of what critics...

The Oatmeal Raises $1M for Abandoned Tesla Lab

Web comic saves historical site so it can be turned into a museum

(Newser) - At first glance, it looks like any other run-down brick building. Its windows are boarded up, it's covered in vines, and a barbed-wire fence warns against trespassing. "It looks lost and neglected," says retired librarian Jane Alcorn. But the building is actually the last lab of one...

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