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EDITORIAL: Light went out on incandescent bulbs with little notice
The Free Press, Mankato, Minn. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAug. 8—Why it matters: The official passing of the incandescent light bulb has gone by with little notice, a testament to the fact we can get rid of wasteful old technologies. It was more than ...
It's about to get bright with the International Day of Light
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThis week’s topic features International Day of Light, which falls on May 16th. While researching this day, I learned a bevvy of fun facts that I thought might entertain my readers as well, ...
Hitting the Books: Why nobody knows Hiram Maxim, inventor of the incandescent lightbulb
Engadget· 1 year agoIn "The Things We Make, Dr. Bill Hammack, recounts the tale of Hiram Maxim, an irrepressible...
These are the best — and worst — lightbulbs for the planet
Yahoo Life· 2 years ago“Going from an incandescent to an LED is like replacing a car that gets 25 miles per gallon with...
At 150 years, the Kentucky Derby is older than ... almost everything. Its place in history.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoOne hundred fifty. It’s a small number if we’re counting raindrops. It’s a big number if we’re...
11 Inventions That Changed the World as We Know It
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoInventing a useful product or process is serious business — turn a great idea into a marketable widget, and you could earn millions of dollars. But that...
Could ORNL's supercomputer track how disease-causing proteins act?
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA Nobel laureate came to town recently to deliver a lecture and determine whether the world’s...
The most interesting North Dakotan you've probably never met
Dickinson Press, N.D. via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMay 29—GRAND FORKS — Ever since I started writing "Back Then" a couple of years ago, there's been a particular modus operandi for how I write profiles of interesting people from the past. My ...
