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by L. Sprague de Camp

Wryly funny early story by de Camp features an academic bear and a certain Dr. Methuen who tries some of his own experimental treatment to increase intelligence.

('The Exhalted' by L. Sprague de Camp)

Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:

Slow Light Will Speed Communications
   Physicists at the NIST believe that a new class of light soliton may help speed up communications networks.

Light-Trapping Nanodoughnut Like Slow Glass
   Fascinating development shows that it is possible to trap - and hold indefinitely - a photon, releasing it at will.

New Material Absorbs and Stores Solar Energy
   'The light that is thus trapped can be released by making a small spark near the glass.' - L. Sprague de Camp, 1940.

MIT Tunes Ions For Frictionless Surface - Superlubricity!
   'My telelubricator here neutralizes the interatomic bonds the surface of any solid...' - L. Sprague de Camp, 1940.

Omniphobic Liquid-like Surfaces And de Camp's Telelubricator (1940)
   'So the surface, to the depth of a few molecules, is put in the condition of a supercooled liquid as long as the beam is focused on it.' - L. Sprague de Camp, 1940.

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