Engineering

Stories filed under Engineering in the Weird Science History archive — 19 stories from the strange edge of science.

• The Time Oregon Blew Up a Whale With Half a Ton of Dynamite
• The Wallpaper That Failed and Became Bubble Wrap
• The Windows That Took the Blame for a Plane Crash They Didn't Cause
• The Strange History of the Ballpoint Pen
• The Rocket Scientist Whose Leaky Fridge Idea Became the Super Soaker
• The Kingfisher That Redesigned the Bullet Train
• The Mechanical Duck That Fooled Paris With Fake Poop
• The Melted Candy Bar That Invented the Microwave
• The Movie Star Who Patented a Secret Weapon the Navy Rejected
• The Bomb Three Pigeons Were Trained to Steer
• The Burrs Stuck to a Dog That Became Velcro
• The Self-Taught Carpenter Who Solved the Deadliest Problem in Ocean Navigation
• The Chess-Playing Machine That Beat Napoleon (With a Man Hidden Inside)
• The Day a 25-Foot Wave of Molasses Flooded a Boston Neighborhood
• The Flying Saucer the Air Force Built That Maxed Out at 35 MPH
• Galloping Gertie: The Bridge That Taught Engineers to Fear the Wind
• Greek Fire: The Byzantine Weapon That Burned on Water — and Whose Recipe Died With the Empire
• The Aircraft Carrier Britain Tried to Build Out of Ice
• The Airplane That Carried a Nuclear Reactor

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