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WRITER FUEL: What is a Faraday Cage?

Faraday Cage - Live Science

Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today:  A Faraday cage is a protective enclosure that prevents certain types of electromagnetic radiation from entering or exiting, according to the Florida … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: When a Year Lasts Just 16 Hours

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today:  Astronomers have broken yet another record, spotting a new gas giant with the shortest known orbit. The world takes just 16 hours … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Arms vs. Tentacles

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today:  Octopuses are famous for their eight sucker-covered arms, whereas squids, from giant Architeuthis dux to the appetizer-size critters served at restaurants, swim with even … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Alien Organisms Could Hitch a Ride Back to Earth

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today: The growing demand for space exploration is increasing the chances of alien organisms invading Earth and of Earth-based organisms invading other planets, … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Scientists Make Something (Really Small) Invisible

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today: A weird quantum effect that was predicted decades ago has finally been demonstrated — if you make a cloud of gas cold … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: How to Power Your Spacecraft With Antimatter

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today:  Antimatter is the same as ordinary matter except that it has the opposite electric charge. For instance, an electron, which has a … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Water on Mars?

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today: Is there water on Mars? The fourth planet from our sun, Mars, is named after the Roman God of War, so dubbed … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: How to Clone Yourself

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Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today: The idea of human cloning was science fiction when it was first imagined. But in the last few decades, technological and scientific … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Sci Fi Christmas Presents (That Might Kill You)

Boston Dynamics walking package / robot

Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today: Hyundai-owned Boston Dynamics has released a holiday video featuring its dog-like Spot robot, and it’s turned out as creepy as ever. Happy … Read more

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WRITER FUEL: Scientists Create New Form of Matter – Superionic Ice

Superionic Ice

Welcome to the latest installment of “Writer Fuel – cool real-world stories that might inspire your little writer heart. Check out our Writer Fuel page on the LimFic blog for more inspiration. Today: Scientists just squeezed a water droplet between two diamonds and blasted it to star-like temperatures with one of the world’s most powerful … Read more