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== Better Than News ==
== Better Than News ==


{{Better Than News/October 18}}
{{Better Than News/October 18}}
== Beyond Plausible ==
{{Beyond Plausible/October 18}}
== In Other Words ==
{{In Other Words/October 18}}


== Are You Sure ==
== Are You Sure ==


{{Are You Sure/October 18}}
{{Are You Sure/October 18}}
== On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction ==
{{Selected anniversaries/October 18}}


== Topic of the Day ==
== Topic of the Day ==


{{Daily Favorites/October 18}}
{{Daily Favorites/October 18}}

Revision as of 10:21, 2 July 2023

Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure

An early version of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.

• ... that mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer Charles Babbage (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was a pioneer of programmable computing, and that his Analytical Engine, while not commercially successful as Babbage had hoped, profoundly influenced later generations of computer designs.

• ... that the publication of Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule in 2017 generated new interest in organic golems?

Topic of the Day

Arnold Schwarzenegger