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Sultan native among best shots on horseback
That's all that separates Kenda Lenseigne from something extraordinary: a world championship. Comment?
Energy-efficient idea nets Tech High a grant
It was the idea for which Alan Zube had been waiting. The Washington County Technical High School teacher said he's known about the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam grant for several years, but was waiting for the right idea before completing the application process. Comment?
Download - Background Briefing
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It's a question no one has really been able to answer, though many try. A new fight for the answer is breaking out all over the place because readers are getting what they want on the internet, and copying stuff is really easy. Comment?
Will The Next War Be Fought Over Water?
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Author Steven Solomon says water's cost doesn't reflect its true economic value. Comment?
Invention and reinvention of ethnicity
Many tribal communities in the northeast have reinvented themselves by assuming new nomenclatures, though the reinvention has not meant any substantial change in their social status. Comment?
Was 1959 the year that changed everything?
In the lead story on the 3 Jan 10 "CBS Sunday Morning" titled 1959: The Year That Changed Everything , Jeff Greenfield obliquely got into issues relating to the differences between innovation and invention . Comment?
Welders at Fagen Inc. will kick off the new year by using their torches to fabricate parts destined for an ethanol plant in Hungary. Comment?
Collier 101: Where to learn about ecology and have fun: Reorganizing government....
One day in the late 1850s, Samuel Clemens, a young pilot apprentice later known as Mark Twain, took the wheel of the steamboat Pennsylvania for the first time. Comment?
... This thread started on the topic of shooting coyotes.... You were the one attempting to impress us with your inventions, shooting abilities, etc. Then Poppa jumped in to inform us of his celebrity status and how low on life's totem pole we were. As ... Comment?
Competing visions for a better future
With AIDS, malaria and other diseases costing millions of lives every year, worrying about the vision of people in the developing world may seem like an indulgence. Comment?
Sharp, Toyoda forge patent licensing deal
... covering LEDs and laser diodes . The cross-licensing agreement grants each company the right to use patented inventions related to LEDs and laser diodes of the other company. This covers patents in Japan and other countries. By entering into this ... Comment?
Jane Cunningham Croly was a pioneering journalist who, under the pen name Jennie June, contributed articles to newspapers such as The New York Tribune and The New York Sunday Times . Comment?
New invention kills germs on reusable bags
Published: Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, January 3, 2010 at 2:25 a.m. Eight months ago, Earl Yerby was watching a television newscast and saw a report about how quickly germs and bacteria grow inside reusable shopping bags. Comment?
Best of the Rest: Justin's Picks of 2009
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If you missed out, please go buy it, it's cheap as can be and a true delight. 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand You know what? F**k you and your condescending smirk, BOTS was my jam. Comment?
Op-Ed Guest Columnist: Ten for the Next Ten
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... forgive me, a little heavy in the rear cargo hold. Are aerodynamics to blame? Economics? Or that most American of inventions, design by committee? It hurts me to say this about democracy (and I know because my band is one), but rarely does majority ... Comment?
Dr. Kestner: Let's cast challenges, predictions for 2010
... year in your lifetime. The time is right for new leaders to emerge, for creative minds to unveil concepts and inventions that change the way we live, for neighbors to reach out to enrich the lives of those around them, for teachers to find a greater ... Comment?
The modern dilemma of making a whole new you
The trumpeted ethical alternative to embryonic stem cells has problems of its own, write John Rasko and Carl Power. Comment?
A history of walking on water
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On the afternoon of 22 January 1907, a wailing chorus of steamboat whistles sent the residents of Memphis, Tennessee, running to the banks of the Mississippi river. Comment?
Sunday Morning with Robert Feinman
Our co-blogger Robert Feinman passed in July . Jonathan has already posted a best of series taken from Robert's more than 600 posts to The Writing On The Wal . Comment?
Linlithgow minister's mission of hope
FAITH and energy spurred a couple on to change lives in India and the same values have inspired their grandson to write down the story. Comment?