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The Female Romantic poets who used opium for its “tranquilising power”

By Guest PostApril 17, 2018Literatureelizabeth barrett browning, english opium eater, female romantic poet, joseph crawford, kubla khan, opium, samuel taylor coleridge, tranquilising power

Opium use by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is said to have inspired the fantastical Asiatic landscape in his epic poem Kubla Khan. Thomas De Quincy described his drug-induced visions in Confessions of an English Opium Eater. (more…)

Laser ‘Lightning Rods’ Channel Electricity through Thin Air

By Guest PostNovember 3, 2014Scienceelectricity, elizabeth barrett browning, english opium eater, female romantic poet, fusarium solani, jonathan ajo franklin, joseph crawford, kubla khan, microwaves, nate lindsey, tranquilising power, university of arizona, witzenhausen

Near-term applications could include remote detonation of land mines.

By zapping the air with a pair of powerful laser bursts, researchers at the University of Arizona have created highly focused pathways that can channel electricity through the atmosphere. (more…)