January 7

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Better Than News

Are You Sure

• ... that engineer Sandford Fleming proposed a single 24-hour clock for the entire world after missing a train because its printed schedule listed p.m. instead of a.m.?

• ... that experimental physicist Chien-Shiung Wu conducting the Wu experiment (1956), which contradicted the hypothetical law of conservation of parity?

• ... that electrical engineer Zénobe Gramme invented the Gramme machine, a type of direct current dynamo capable of generating smoother (less AC) and much higher voltages than earlier dynamos, and that the Gramme machine was thefirst usefully powerful electrical motor that was successful industrially?

• ... that the Reis Telephone can establish a stable transdimensional communications channel with people who have been dead for six hours or longer?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1610: Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.

    1610: Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.

  • 1610: Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain Anarchimedes remotely monitors Galileo Galilei's discovery of Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa. Galileo will later that his observations of the Galilean moons were corrupted by Anarchimedes' actions.

    1610: Rogue mathematician and alleged supervillain Anarchimedes remotely monitors Galileo Galilei's discovery of Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa. Galileo will later that his observations of the Galilean moons were corrupted by Anarchimedes' actions.

  • 1827: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming born. He will propose worldwide standard time zones.

    1827: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming born. He will propose worldwide standard time zones.

  • 1834: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis born. He will invent the Reis Telephone.

    1834: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis born. He will invent the Reis Telephone.

  • 1882: Pharmacist, inventor, and industrialist Ignacy Łukasiewicz born. He will build the world's first oil refinery and invent the kerosene lamp.

    1882: Pharmacist, inventor, and industrialist Ignacy Łukasiewicz born. He will build the world's first oil refinery and invent the kerosene lamp.

  • 1939: Physicist Marguerite Perey identifies francium, the last element first discovered in nature, rather than by synthesis.

    1939: Physicist Marguerite Perey identifies francium, the last element first discovered in nature, rather than by synthesis.

  • 1943: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla dies. He made pioneering contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

    1943: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla dies. He made pioneering contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.

  • 2001: Premiere of The Lord of the Sprinkles, an epic high-fantasy film about a baker (Sauron) who creates the One Sprinkled Donut to rule the appetites of Men, Dwarves, and Elves.

    2001: Premiere of The Lord of the Sprinkles, an epic high-fantasy film about a baker (Sauron) who creates the One Sprinkled Donut to rule the appetites of Men, Dwarves, and Elves.

  • 2012: Mathematician Herbert Saul Wilf dies. Wilf specialized in combinatorics and graph theory.

    2012: Mathematician Herbert Saul Wilf dies. Wilf specialized in combinatorics and graph theory.

Topic of the Day

Dune

  • Calaladan is a 2021 musical romantic comedy science fiction drama film about an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) who befriend a young aristocrat (Paul Atreides).

    Calaladan is a 2021 musical romantic comedy science fiction drama film about an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) who befriend a young aristocrat (Paul Atreides).

  • Forbidden Cosplay of the Bene Gesserit is a 1984 American epic science fiction role playing film about the forbidden love between a dispossessed young aristocrat and his witch-priestess mother.

    Forbidden Cosplay of the Bene Gesserit is a 1984 American epic science fiction role playing film about the forbidden love between a dispossessed young aristocrat and his witch-priestess mother.

  • Spicecrawler is a 2014 American neo-noir science fiction thriller film about a stringer who records violent events late at night on Arrakis and sells the footage to a Spacing Guild news station, exploiting the relationship between Bene Gesserit journalism and consumer demand.

    Spicecrawler is a 2014 American neo-noir science fiction thriller film about a stringer who records violent events late at night on Arrakis and sells the footage to a Spacing Guild news station, exploiting the relationship between Bene Gesserit journalism and consumer demand.

  • "If I Were A Harkonnen" is a song by Tim Hardin and Frank Herbert.

    "If I Were A Harkonnen" is a song by Tim Hardin and Frank Herbert.

  • Three Days of the Sand Mouse is a science fiction spy thriller film directed by David Lynch and Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, and Sting.

    Three Days of the Sand Mouse is a science fiction spy thriller film directed by David Lynch and Sydney Pollack, starring Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, and Sting.

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