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Mad Scientists and Weird Science

Impossible Science
From human invisibility to amazing demonstrations of levitation, these strange devices, weird experiments and impossible observations - if true - challenge conventional scientific knowledge.

The Quest for Free Energy
From the dawn of the industrial revolution to today, enthusiastic inventors - from Nikola Tesla to Joseph Newman - have made the claim for free energy. So where is it?

The Real-Life Wizard Behind "Harry Potter"
Over 600 years before Hogwarts School was created, an alchemist claimed to have discovered the incredible secrets of "the sorcerer's stone" - possibly even immortality.

Wizardry That Would Amaze Harry Potter
These scientists would fit right in at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - except that their astounding conjurings were not works of fiction.

The World’s Weirdest Machines
Maybe they work and maybe they don't, but the machines created by these rogue inventors make some astonishing claims... and what some might consider paranormal effects.

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