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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National Go Birding Day
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And you thought moths were boring
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood
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A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
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Ancient theater of Epidaurus, Greece
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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Here there be dragons
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Yosemite National Park anniversary
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Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
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Feeling crabby?
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Endangered Species Act
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Take the Stairs Day
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Fibonacci Day
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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What s going on in this sky?
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
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Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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National Love a Tree Day
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Basking in the glow
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Juniper Springs, Florida
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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How Quảng Ngãi got its grove back
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The confluence of the Arve and Rhône Rivers
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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A bohemian feline
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World Children s Day
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Brain coral
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Visiting Ahch-To on Star Wars Day
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A unique elephant encounter in Nantes