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Voices In Time

1638 | Vesuvius

Habitation of Hell

Athanasius Kircher descends into a volcano.More

Voices In Time

1865 | Amherst, MA

A Quiet Thing

Emily Dickinson considers the spark.More

Voices In Time

2021 | Palo Alto

May Cause Side Effects

What to do if your electric car breaks.More

Voices In Time

c. 550 BC | Uz

Where Is the Way to the Dwelling of the Light?

Do you know the ordinances of the heavens?More

Voices In Time

1588 | Aquitaine

Propensity to Sloth

Michel de Montaigne loves to repose.More

Voices In Time

1842 | Lowell, MA

Geology Lesson

Eliza Jane Cate on the rocks.More

Voices In Time

2012 | Santa Barbara, CA

Taxes Due

William Ophuls mines the topsoil.More

Voices In Time

537 | Rome

Supply-Chain Disruption

Procopius ponders flour power.More

Voices In Time

331 BC | Babylon

Possessed by Fire

Plutarch produces incendiary content.More

Voices In Time

1751 | London

Degrees of Elevation

Samuel Johnson’s ideal workspace.More

Voices In Time

c. 1885 | Lima, OH

Good Grease

Ida B. Tarbell presents an investment opportunity.More

Voices In Time

1910 | Edinburgh

Elements of Surprise

H.G. Wells ponders the power of a little lump of stuff.More

Voices In Time

1906 | New York City

Second Wind

William James’ strength training.More

Voices In Time

1945 | Washington, DC

Hit the Brakes

J. Robert Oppenheimer predicts the future of atomic weapons.More

Voices In Time

1913 | Moscow

Night Vision

Night loved itself out.More

Voices In Time

c. 1843 | Avoyelles Parish, LA

A More Vindictive Energy

Solomon Northup is pushed past his limits. More

Voices In Time

1492 | Milan

Force Field

Leonardo da Vinci on an invisible power.More

Voices In Time

c. 1350 BC | Amarna

Morning Glory

You are beautiful, you are great.More

Voices In Time

1910 | Chicago

Little Bubble of Glass

Start your engines.More

Voices In Time

1611 | England

No Wood, No Kingdom

Arthur Standish wants to protect his nation’s raw materials.More

Voices In Time

1909 | Atlantic Ocean

Civilization

Mohandas K. Gandhi considers a treatable disease.More

Voices In Time

1891 | New York City

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nikola Tesla contemplates magnificent possibilities.More

Voices In Time

c. 944 | Al-Fustat

Ebb and Flow

Following the water there and back again.More

Voices In Time

c. 320 BC | Athens

The Best Charcoal

Theophrastus’ advice for building a fire.More

Voices In Time

1885 | Rome

A Murder of Quails

Angelo Mosso observes the grim end of a migration.More

Voices In Time

1855 | The Netherlands

Living Land

Peat, pray, love.More

Voices In Time

c. 1190 | Bury St. Edmunds

Gristmill

Jocelin of Brakelond tilts at windmills.More

Voices In Time

1912 | New York City

Renewable Energy

Giacomo Ciamician considers the difficulties of a future without fossil fuels.More

Voices In Time

1924 | Paris

Fountain of Youth

Serge Voronoff gives his patients a boost.More

Voices In Time

c. 1540 | Antwerp

Saint Catherine’s Oil

Karel de Minne’s alternative medicine.More

Voices In Time

1755 | Lisbon

Earthquake

Charles Davy feels the aftershocks.More

Voices In Time

1865 | Manchester

Power Dynamics

William Stanley Jevons evaluates natural sources of energy. More

Voices In Time

1837 | New York City

Just Keeps Going and Going

Time to recharge.More

Voices In Time

1790 | London

Eternal Delight

William Blake’s corrections.More

Voices In Time

1809 | Paris

Inner Feeling

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck on the wonderful phenomena of sensibility.More

Voices In Time

1752 | Philadelphia

Lightning in a Bottle

Benjamin Franklin conducts an experiment.More

Voices In Time

1849 | Berlin

Shine Bright Like a Diamond

Alexander von Humboldt goes under the sea.More

Voices In Time

2007 | Red Sea

Machine Learning

“Everything that happens on the rig, must.”More

Voices In Time

1788 | New York City

Executive Energy

Alexander Hamilton on presidential power.More

Voices In Time

c. 370 BC | Athens

A Moment Like This

Plato on being and becoming.More

Voices In Time

1878 | Denver

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Maria Mitchell stares at the sun.More

Voices In Time

1956 | Yangtze River

Things Flow Away

Mao Zedong builds a dam.More

Voices In Time

1803 | London

Postmortem

Giovanni Aldini on a shocking experiment.More

Voices In Time

1898 | Paris

Radioactive Matters

Marie Curie discovers new elements. More

Voices In Time

c. 500 BC | Wu

Combined Energy

Sun Tzu on disorder management.More

Voices In Time

c. 1910 | Beach City, CA

Field of Dreams

Upton Sinclair on a million-dollar oil rush. More

Voices In Time

1910 | New York City

City Lights

Edward Hungerford appreciates the northern lights.More

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