I enjoyed the article about hiking Mt. Olympus in Greece [“Mythic Mountaintop,” by Terri Cook, July 22]. I tried to reach the summit on a trip about 25 years ago. Back then, when leaving the Spillios …
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The much loved and mysterious Loch Ness monster may have been invented by a cunning British public relations consultant, who dreamed up the idea of the creature in a London pub. The claims were made in a new book which suggests the story of the monster …
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Worstall @ the Weekend So here’s a fun little game for a Sunday morning: what was, or is, the third great invention of all time? I have a candidate for it and it’s very much to do with what youse guys do all day. But I’m not entirely sure that it is the …
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Just 24 hours after Twitter announced that Jack Dorsey would become the company’s permanent CEO, Project Lightning, the company’s long-promised way to follow events, has finally emerged. It’s now called ‘Moments’ and marks the first fundamental …
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Researchers have scoured the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Invention from 1790 to 2010 trying to understand “the language of invention”. Their study shows that, when it comes to inventions and new patents, there really is …
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Commentary: An invention that got just a little out of control
Dayton Daily News By DL Stewart, Contributing Columnist 6:18 PM Tuesday, May 29, 2012 The year 1955 was a big one for inventions. It brought us Velcro, Play-Doh and that green bean with mushroom soup glop that is required by law to be on every American's Thanksgiving … Inventor of TV remote dies Pluses and minuses Raise your remotes for the man who gave sports fans everything |