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A person opening a large photo album that's also a computer screen. Illustration.

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Share your shots Share your shots

By Mikkel Aaland

A person pouring an indium alloy into a spoon mold.

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Gag with a spoon Gag with a spoon

By Theodore Gray

A wardrobe from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, with sulfur inlay.

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The worst way to inlay The worst way to inlay

By Theodore Gray

A movie theater marquee connected to a house with a film reel outside feeding through the house's second-story window.

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Rent flicks on the couch Rent flicks on the couch

By Noah Robischon

A jet-powered outhouse. Diagram.

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The speeding outhouse The speeding outhouse

A short-haired man in a blue shirt putting a CD into a computer's disk drive. Illustration.

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Is Linux ready for you? Is Linux ready for you?

By John R. Quain

From left to right: a pile of white aluminum powder and a power of black magnetite powder; a crucible over a heat source; thermite burning; a solid welded T-handle on a bolt.

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Making steel with beach sand Making steel with beach sand

By Theodore Gray

Top left: a person using a magnet to pull magnetite grains out of sand. Top right: a person using a smaller magnet to pull more magnetite grains out of finer sand. Bottom left: three lines of sand and magnetite of varying purity. Bottom right: magnetite grains on a piece of paper with a magnet underneath, with the grains showing the lines of the magnetic field.

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Uncovering a natural (magnetic) attraction Uncovering a natural (magnetic) attraction

By Theodore Gray

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Car H2.0, Where Are You? Car H2.0, Where Are You?

A man wearing black headphones and a black t-shirt sitting in front of a silver Macbook laptop with his elbows on the table and his hands clasped in front of his mouth, looking concerned.

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Deep-sixing spam Deep-sixing spam

By Andrew Zolli

A white bowl on a small tablecloth-covered table against a brown background, with a small white object hovering above it.

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Ignorance = maglev = bliss Ignorance = maglev = bliss

By Theodore Gray

A firebrick-and-silicon-carbine furnace enclosure inside a microwave with red-hot silver inside it.

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Smelting in a microwave Smelting in a microwave

By Theodore Gray