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From the world's very first image ever taken, to the first photo captured under water, each provides a fragile portal to another time and place. #1 The First Photo Of The Moon, 1840 The first person ...
That monstrosity above is the ur-picture, the very first photograph -- slightly doctored, apparently -- ever posted to the web. The picture is of the Cernettes, a comedy band based at CERN, the ...
According to the studies of quantum mechanics, light can act simultaneously as a particle and a wave. However, scientists have never been able to capture light in both of its forms at the same time— ...