We approach today’s observance of National Science Fiction Day through a route of science fact. Our photo shows Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla with his magnifying transmitter—an experimental power generator that used his Tesla coils to demonstrate the possibility of a safe, wireless electrical grid. While Tesla’s vision for an electrical system never materialized, many of his concepts and designs would shape various technologies to come, including radio transmission, and even some fundamentals of the internet.
Tesla, the visionary
Today in History
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And the skies filled with bats…
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In Apia Harbor for Samoan Independence Day
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National Lighthouse Day
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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World Meteorological Day
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A throng of ice and spires
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Assembling the Smithsonian
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A bridge that rocks
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Belize Barrier Reef
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Saffron in bloom
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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Behold the mighty Aldeyjarfoss
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Salt of the earth
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In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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Great cormorants
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Windmills in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
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Fin whales: A success story
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Waiting for the perfect shot
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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Perfect timing
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Cappadocia, Türkiye
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Who created the Easter Bunny?
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International Rock Day
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Happy Thanksgiving from an expert face-stuffer
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North Sea at sunset, Norddorf, Germany
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A wonder in winter
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Gentoo penguins in Antarctica