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He did, earning a Ph.D. in physics and embarking on an R&D; career which has recently broken the 40th anniversary. What he didn't expect was that along the way he would become a patent agent, a rocket scientist, a gourmet cook, a biotech entrepreneur, an opera tenor and a science writer.</div><div class="clear_both"></div></div>  <span class="h2">Top Articles by Brian Dodson</span> <div class="dotsontop"> <ol> <li style="color: #333;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/et3-vacuum-maglev-train/21833/">New York to Beijing in two hours without leaving the ground?</a></li> <li style="color: #333;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/startram-maglev-to-leo/21700/">Startram - maglev train to low earth orbit</a></li> <li style="color: #333;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/cellulose-nanocrystals-stronger-carbon-fiber-kevlar/23959/">Wood pulp extract stronger than carbon fiber or Kevlar</a></li> <li style="color: #333;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/warp-drive-bubble-nasa-interstellar/24392/">Warp drive looks more promising than ever in recent NASA studies</a></li> <li style="color: #333;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/diet-buckyballs-extending-lifespan/22245/">Diet of buckyballs nearly doubles rat lifespan</a></li> </ol></div>  <div class="summary_item noback" data-article="24597"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/researchwatch/" style="float: left; ">RESEARCH WATCH</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/alpha-centauri-earth-like-planet/24597/">Earth-sized planet with a molten surface discovered orbiting Alpha Centauri B</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 18, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/alpha-centauri-earth-like-planet/24597/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/alpha-centauri-earth-like-planet/24597/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/alpha-centauri-earth-like-planet-close-hot.jpg" title="Artist's impression from a point in the Alpha Centauri triple star system, showing the new..." alt="Artist's impression from a point in the Alpha Centauri triple star system, showing the new..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> European astronomers working from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Chile have discovered a planet slightly more massive than Earth, orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri triple star system – the nearest stellar system to our planet. Alpha Centauri Bb (as the new exoplanet is called, the star being Alpha Centauri B) is the first Earth-sized body found orbiting a Sun-like star and was discovered by measuring the tiny wobbles of Alpha Centauri B as it moves in response to the gravitational pull of the orbiting planet. It is orbiting Alpha Centauri B every three days and six hours at an orbital radius of six million kilometers (3.7 million miles). The proximity to the star leads to a surface temperature of some 1,500º K (2,250º F/1,232º C) – hot enough to melt granite.  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/alpha-centauri-earth-like-planet/24597/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="24457"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/researchwatch/" style="float: left; ">RESEARCH WATCH</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/hubble-spitzer-expansion-universe-redshift-cepheid/24457/">Spitzer space telescope observations reveal expansion rate of the Universe</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 17, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/hubble-spitzer-expansion-universe-redshift-cepheid/24457/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/hubble-spitzer-expansion-universe-redshift-cepheid/24457/pictures">14 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/hubble-spitzer-expansion-universe-redshift-cepheid/24457/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/hubble-spitzer-expansion-universe-redshift-cephid-25.jpg" title="The Spitzer space telescope has peered through dust and gas to establish a new value for t..." alt="The Spitzer space telescope has peered through dust and gas to establish a new value for t..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> The size and age of our Universe is not only a critically important issue in cosmology, but is also among the most controversial and delicate of the cosmological questions. Infrared observations made using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have now given us the most precise estimate yet of the rate at which our Universe is expanding. The key was not the discovery of a new method for measuring distance. Rather, astronomers discovered how to measure brightness more accurately. The new value for the Hubble constant, good to within three percent, is 74.3 kilometers per second per megaparsec (km/s/Mpc).  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/hubble-spitzer-expansion-universe-redshift-cepheid/24457/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24553"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/aerogizmo/" style="float: left; ">AERO GIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/record-setting-manned-balloon-flight-skydive-red-bull-baumgartner/24553/">Felix Baumgartner breaks record for high-altitude skydiving</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 14, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/record-setting-manned-balloon-flight-skydive-red-bull-baumgartner/24553/#comments">25 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/record-setting-manned-balloon-flight-skydive-red-bull-baumgartner/24553/pictures">20 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/record-setting-manned-balloon-flight-skydive-red-bull-baumgartner/24553/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/record_setting_manned_balloon_flight_skydive_red_bull_baumgartner.jpg" title="Felix Baumgartner prepares to skydive from an unofficial altitude of 128,097 feet (39 km) ..." alt="Felix Baumgartner prepares to skydive from an unofficial altitude of 128,097 feet (39 km) ..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> <ul>"Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you are" – Felix Baumgartner, standing outside his capsule at an altitude of 24 miles (39 km) on October 14, 2012.</ul>Well, Felix has gone and done it. Today over the arid countryside near Roswell, New Mexico, the Austrian daredevil successfully accomplished a feat that has been in the works since 2003 – he broke the record for the world’s highest parachute jump, dropping from an unofficial altitude of 128,100 feet (39,045 meters) – about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) higher than expected. In the process, he also became the first skydiver to exceed the speed of sound by reaching an estimated speed of 833.9 mph (1342.8 km/h) while in freefall. That's Mach 1.24 – the first supersonic skydive.  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/record-setting-manned-balloon-flight-skydive-red-bull-baumgartner/24553/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24438"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/health/" style="float: left; ">HEALTH AND WELLBEING</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/uppsala-sweden-psychology-study-erasing-fear/24438/">Fear can be erased from the brain before its memory has been formed</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 5, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/uppsala-sweden-psychology-study-erasing-fear/24438/#comments">3 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/uppsala-sweden-psychology-study-erasing-fear/24438/pictures">2 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/uppsala-sweden-psychology-study-erasing-fear/24438/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/uppsala-sweden-psychology-study-erasing-fear-5.jpg" title="Fear, even irrational fear, can be a paralyzing influence on our life (Photo: Shutterstock..." alt="Fear, even irrational fear, can be a paralyzing influence on our life (Photo: Shutterstock..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> An old saying tells us not to dwell on an unpleasant event. A new clinical study suggests the saying has both psychological and neurological support for its validity. Along with his advisors, Thomas Ågren – a doctoral candidate in psychology at Uppsala University in Sweden – has shown that it is possible to erase newly formed emotional memories from the human brain.  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/uppsala-sweden-psychology-study-erasing-fear/24438/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24433"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/robotics/" style="float: left; ">ROBOTICS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/tosy-speaker-robot-dancing-mrobo/24433/">Tosy's mROBO transforming robot dances to the beat of its own drum</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 5, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/tosy-speaker-robot-dancing-mrobo/24433/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/tosy-speaker-robot-dancing-mrobo/24433/pictures">5 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/tosy-speaker-robot-dancing-mrobo/24433/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/tosy-dancing-robot-transforms-speaker-10.jpg" title="mROBO in dance-ready and speaker modes" alt="mROBO in dance-ready and speaker modes"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Tosy is a Vietnamese robotics manufacturer in the fascinating position of manufacturing industrial robots as well as robotic toys. It seems determined to meld these two worlds with mROBO, an inexpensive robot that transforms from its speaker form to an 18-inch (46 cm) tall dancing fool of a robot.  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/tosy-speaker-robot-dancing-mrobo/24433/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24392"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/aerogizmo/" style="float: left; ">AERO GIZMO</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/warp-drive-bubble-nasa-interstellar/24392/">Warp drive looks more promising than ever in recent NASA studies</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 3, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/warp-drive-bubble-nasa-interstellar/24392/#comments">25 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/warp-drive-bubble-nasa-interstellar/24392/pictures">5 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/warp-drive-bubble-nasa-interstellar/24392/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/warp-drive-bubble-nasa-interstellar-5.jpg" title="The warp drive broke away from being a wholly fictional concept in 1994 (Image: Shuttersto..." alt="The warp drive broke away from being a wholly fictional concept in 1994 (Image: Shuttersto..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> The first steps towards interstellar travel have been taken, but the stars are very far away. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/voyager-1-on-edge-of-solar-system/22982/" target="_blank">Voyager 1</a> is about 17 light-hours distant from Earth and is traveling with a velocity of 0.006 percent of light speed, meaning it will take about 17,000 years to travel one light-year. Fortunately, the elusive "warp drive" now appears to be evolving past difficulties with new theoretical advances and a NASA test rig under development to measure artificially generated warping of space-time.  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/warp-drive-bubble-nasa-interstellar/24392/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24372"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/automotive/" style="float: left; ">AUTOMOTIVE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-supercharged-four-stroke-v8-production-engine/24372/">World's smallest supercharged four-stroke V8 engine now in production</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 2, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-supercharged-four-stroke-v8-production-engine/24372/#comments">14 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-supercharged-four-stroke-v8-production-engine/24372/pictures">19 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-supercharged-four-stroke-v8-production-engine/24372/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/worlds-smallest-supercharged-four-stroke-v8-production-engine-34.jpg" title="The Conley Stinger 609 supercharged four-cycle V8 gasoline engine - 6.09 cubic inches and ..." alt="The Conley Stinger 609 supercharged four-cycle V8 gasoline engine - 6.09 cubic inches and ..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Giant-scale model cars (and airplanes) powered by small gasoline engines have been popular with adult racers for quite a few years now. The largest scale models available through conventional RC hobby outlets are one-fifth or one-sixth scale, but the serious racers go quarter-scale. Now the smallest (quarter-scale) blown V8 gasoline engine in commercial production is being turned out by Conley Precision Engines to power.  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-smallest-supercharged-four-stroke-v8-production-engine/24372/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24358"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/" style="float: left; ">ARCHITECTURE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/micro-dwellings-in-society-nyc-sf/24358/">Micro-dwellings: Part of the solution or just more problems?</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> <div class="date">October 1, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/micro-dwellings-in-society-nyc-sf/24358/#comments">22 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/micro-dwellings-in-society-nyc-sf/24358/pictures">9 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/micro-dwellings-in-society-nyc-sf/24358/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/micro-dwellings-in-society-nyc-sf-9.jpg" title="How do micro-dwellings effect the demographic and political structure of major cities? (Im..." alt="How do micro-dwellings effect the demographic and political structure of major cities? (Im..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Most of us are fascinated by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/micro-housing/" target="_blank">micro-homes</a> and tiny apartments. Along with the urban planning benefits they promise, we love the ingenuity of their organization and debate alternate approaches to using the same space three times over. But how is this small-scale approach playing out in the real world? Let's take a look at the response to introducing micro-dwellings in major cities including New York City and San Francisco.  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/micro-dwellings-in-society-nyc-sf/24358/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item newsbyte " data-article="24342"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/infrared-spy-camera/24342/">1080p HD infrared spy camera fits your keychain – and also your budget</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/">Brian Dodson</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="summary"> <p> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/infrared-spy-camera/24342/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/infrared-spy-camera-car-key.jpg" title="The Infrared Night Vision HD Spy Cam Car Key – in brightest day, in darkest night, nothi..." alt="The Infrared Night Vision HD Spy Cam Car Key – in brightest day, in darkest night, nothi..." class="newsbyte_img"/></a> Is there a black cat in that pile of coal, and if so, what's she doing? 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Claims of discovering a new element in the 21st century are usually the result of lengthy experiments involving new detection methods and element 113, which was first reported in 2003, has been particularly elusive.  <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/transuranic-113-discovery-claimed-japan/24318/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div id="pagination"> <div class="next_prev"> <span>1</span> <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/2/">2</a> <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/3/">3</a> <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/4/">4</a> <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/5/">5</a> <a href="/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/author/brian-dodson/2/" class="next_pagination">Next </a> » </div> </div> <div class="dotsontop">  <div id="search_form_bottom"> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20121021055419/http://www.gizmag.com/search/" id="cse-search-box-bottom"> <span class="title">Looking for something? 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