Z Machine: A Particle Accelerator Hotter than the Sun Talk about blood diamond: With arcs of current from an electromagnetic pulse crisscrossing metal structures, this extreme machine can melt crystallized stone — and unlock some more cosmic mysteries. (Published in the February 2007 issue)
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MythBusters Workshop: Fun with Supermagnets The MythBusters are notorious for their obsession with magnets. And, as you might expect, Jamie and Adam use them in some pretty extreme wayslike climbing walls. (Published in the November 2006 issue)
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Meet The MythBusters On MythBusters, our Discovery Channel show, we conduct scientific experiments to determine the truth of tall tales and urban legends. Here's one example: The story goes that an Air Force sergeant in Arizona attached a jet-assisted take off bottle--a military-grade auxiliary rocket used to generate e... (Published in the January 2006 issue)
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Delicate Art Of Building Demolition The Baptist Memorial Hospital Physicians & Surgeons Building in Memphis, Tenn., has seen better days. The 10-story structure rises above a skirt of massive black curtains cloaked in dust. Wide chunks of limestone have been carved from its face. An oak tree, uprooted and stripped, sits on the rubble-... (Published in the November 2005 issue)
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World's Largest Radio Telescope (Published in the October 2004 issue)
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HugeVision TV's (Published in the September 2004 issue)
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Biggest Jet Engine (Published in the July 2004 issue)
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World's Largest Gun (Published in the May 2004 issue)
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World's Largest Saw (Published in the April 2004 issue)
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World's Fastest Elevator (Published in the March 2004 issue)
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