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  • Joshua Foer
    2:45 pm Mon, Feb 15, 2010
    Obscura Day, March 20: visits to wondrous, curious, and esoteric places

    Hi everyone! Pleased to be back on Boing Boing again. Last time I was here with Dylan Thuras we announced the launch of the Atlas Obscura, a user-generated compendium of… Read the rest of the article: Obscura Day, March 20: visits to wondrous, curious, and esoteric places

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  • Joshua Foer
    7:58 pm Sun, Jun 28, 2009
    Thank you and farewell

    Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras are guest bloggers on Boing Boing. They are co-founders of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and Esoterica. Many thanks to… Read the rest of the article: Thank you and farewell

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  • Joshua Foer
    6:02 pm Sun, Jun 28, 2009
    The Devil's Kettle

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: The Devil's Kettle

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  • Joshua Foer
    9:48 pm Sat, Jun 27, 2009
    Barometer store in England features reproduction of a "Tempest Prognosticator," a.k.a "Leech Barometer"

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: Barometer store in England features reproduction of a "Tempest Prognosticator," a.k.a "Leech Barometer"

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  • Joshua Foer
    2:49 pm Fri, Jun 26, 2009
    World's largest collection of bottle ships

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: World's largest collection of bottle ships

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  • Joshua Foer
    1:59 pm Fri, Jun 26, 2009
    Pigeons trained to recognize bad art

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: Pigeons trained to recognize bad art

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  • Joshua Foer
    9:31 am Fri, Jun 26, 2009
    Sir Richard Francis Burton, Cardinal Mezzofanti, and other eminent polyglots

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: Sir Richard Francis Burton, Cardinal Mezzofanti, and other eminent polyglots

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  • Joshua Foer
    9:03 am Thu, Jun 25, 2009
    The pfeilstorch of Mecklenburg, or how we came to know that birds migrate

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: The pfeilstorch of Mecklenburg, or how we came to know that birds migrate

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  • Joshua Foer
    4:01 am Thu, Jun 25, 2009
    Monticello's clever windvane

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: Monticello's clever windvane

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  • Joshua Foer
    1:56 pm Wed, Jun 24, 2009
    MASS MoCa harmonic bridge plays traffic in the key of C

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: MASS MoCa harmonic bridge plays traffic in the key of C

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  • Joshua Foer
    9:55 am Wed, Jun 24, 2009
    Wacky gilded pyramid house in Illinois

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: Wacky gilded pyramid house in Illinois

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  • Joshua Foer
    4:00 am Wed, Jun 24, 2009
    Researchers expand clinical study of brain implant

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: Researchers expand clinical study of brain implant

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  • Joshua Foer
    5:39 pm Tue, Jun 23, 2009
    Moussavi the architect

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: Moussavi the architect

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  • Joshua Foer
    10:55 am Tue, Jun 23, 2009
    A library of the world's most unusual compounds

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: A library of the world's most unusual compounds

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  • Joshua Foer
    7:54 am Tue, Jun 23, 2009
    Amsterdam's National Museum of Spectacles

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: Amsterdam's National Museum of Spectacles

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  • Joshua Foer
    8:21 pm Mon, Jun 22, 2009
    National Hollerin' Contest in Spivey's Corner, NC

    I was just looking back at my posts here on Boing Boing from the last couple days (the optical telegraph, the whistling language of La Gomera) and I noticed that long-distance communication has been one of the themes. … Hollerin' (no "g" at the end, just an apostrophe) is an ancient tradition native to the lowlands of eastern North Carolina, and it needs to be distinguished from the other vocal pursuits to which it bears some resemblance, including hollering, yodeling, hog calling, whooping, and hooting.

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  • Joshua Foer
    9:42 am Mon, Jun 22, 2009
    The "ostrich-footed" Vadoma of Zimbabwe

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: The "ostrich-footed" Vadoma of Zimbabwe

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  • Joshua Foer
    5:29 pm Sun, Jun 21, 2009
    One month to go until the next total solar eclipse

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: One month to go until the next total solar eclipse

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  • Joshua Foer
    10:00 am Sat, Jun 20, 2009
    The Chappe Optical Telegraph

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: The Chappe Optical Telegraph

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  • Joshua Foer
    5:05 pm Fri, Jun 19, 2009
    The Whistling Island of La Gomera

    Joshua Foer is a guest blogger on Boing Boing. Joshua is a freelance science journalist and the co-founder of the Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and… Read the rest of the article: The Whistling Island of La Gomera

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