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7 Extremely Weird Inventions From the Grandfather of Science Fiction
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHugo Gernsback was a pioneer in the world of science fiction during the first half of the 20th...
Railroad innovator 'Buffalo' Miller brought bison to Bergen to develop 'cattalo'
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA wealthy inventor and politician, Ezra "Buffalo" Miller earned his nickname the easy way....
Ever Feel Like You Are Too Sensitive for This World?
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeel Like You Are Too Sensitive for The World?Carol Yepes - Getty Images In Star Trek, the crew had to go to another planet to meet an empath. But you...
How the 'father of the atomic bomb' made Oak Ridge famous
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn May 24, Carolyn Krause gave a presentation on “Unsung Scientific Heroes of 20th Century Oak Ridge...
Tom Watson Jr. Took Calculated Risks To Make IBM A Powerhouse
Investor's Business Daily· 5 months agoThomas (Tom) Watson Jr. took big calculated risks to transform International Business Machines from...
How Amanda Shires, part of a country supergroup and power couple, found her own voice
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years ago'Take It Like a Man,' Shires' acclaimed album about marriage and desire, follows her co-founding of...
Dognition: A Look at Your Dog's Amazing Ability to Understand Human Language
Woman's World via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe act of talking to a dog might strike some as absurd. Sure, pups respond to commands: “sit,”...
Why 150 years on, we’re still searching for the real Gertrude Stein
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn 1903, Gertrude Stein went to Paris, she would later claim, to kill the 19th century. Her weapons:...
Peter Brook: Visionary theatre director who brought plays to life
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom post-war wunderkind of the West End to avant-garde interpreter of other dramatists’ work, Brook...
George Washington Carver: An Innovator Beyond His Era
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFew famous Americans enjoy a status as mythic as that of George Washington Carver, a man whose life as a botanist, agronomist, chemist and inventor earned him a lasting legacy. Carver's work ...