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Ferrania, originally the Italian company Società Italiana Prodotti Esplodenti (SIPE), began in 1882 as a factory that produced nitrocellulose-based explosive powders. When demand for this powder decreased following the “Red Terror” in Soviet Russia, the factory turned toward producing celluloid, Read More …
On July 21st, I went to see Christopher Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer in IMAX at the Michigan Science Center. The film is a fast-paced set of interwoven narratives that tell the story of historical figure J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of Read More …
What is the Anthropocene? The Anthropocene is a new (albeit unofficial) term for the geological epoch in which we are currently living. The previous epoch, the Holocene, spanned over 12,000 years, but with the dawn of the Anthropocene, we have Read More …