April 1961: Popular Science Suggests Eating Hippopotamuses
This article originally appeared in the April 1961 issue of Popular Science. You can explore more of our archives--stretching back 140 years--here. Git along, little hippo. The romantic days of the open range may come back--in Africa, and with a native twist. Great herds of elephants, hippopotamuses, and eland, rounded up by dark-skinned wranglers (hippoboys?), [2012 note: eeeeeep] could supply desperately needed meat for the fast-growing,... full story
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Maine energy project on the cover of Popular Science
The new issue of Popular Science magazine features a contraption on its cover many Mainers will recognize. The tidal energy project developed by Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Co is featured on the cover of Popular Science’s June issue. ORPC installed the tidal energy generator, known as TideGen, on the bottom of Cobscook ...
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A Mermaid, Murder, Mogambo and Ape Man join Margaret Rutherford on TCM Saturday
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Tampa Theatre's science on screen program presents 'FUTURE WEATHER'
As part of its popular Science on Screen film series, the historic Tampa Theatre will present FUTURE WEATHER at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20.When 13-year-old Laudurée is abruptly abandoned by her dreamer single mom, the...
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7 Of The Creepiest Cold War Fallout Shelters
Steuart Pittman, head of the U.S. fallout shelter program, died earlier this month at age 93. As a reminder of just how frightening the Cold War was, check out these old family-style bunkers from the pages of Popular Science. President John F. Kennedy appointed America's first civil defense chief for nuclear war preparedness in 1961, during the height of the Berlin Crisis....
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Out There: A Glossy Science Magazine or Living Fossil?
Though the graveyard of journalism is littered with popular science magazines, a new one emerges, Nautilus, with the goal of being “a New Yorker version of Scientific American.”
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Eating walnuts could slash type 2 diabetes risk, research suggests
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, U.S., found that eating walnuts just two or three times a week can cut type 2 diabetes risk by a quarter.
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Maine tidal power unit on cover of Popular Science
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine-based tidal power company has made the cover of Popular Science.
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DNews: April Fools 2013: Top 3 Hoaxes in Science
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