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Learning from failure

Failure is not the end, but a stepping stone to success. It teaches us to learn from our mistakes, adapt, and grow. Companies often shy away from discussing their failures, but some of the most innovative ones embrace it. Elon Musk's SpaceX is an example of this, using failure as…

The Hindu · Oct 14, 2023

If the first solar entrepreneur hadn't been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?

One argument put forward in defence of fossil fuels is that they were a historical necessity, because there was no other viable substitute for much of the 20th century. We owe fossil fuels a debt of gratitude, the argument goes, because they supercharged our development. But what if I told…

The Conversation · Oct 12, 2023

Prepare to flick off your incandescent bulbs for good under new US rules that kicked in this week

New federal rules governing the energy efficiency of lighting systems went into full effect Tuesday, effectively ending the sale and manufacture of bulbs that trace their origin to an 1880 Edison patent.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 3, 2023

Review: Musical stars? Phoning the afterlife? The goofy ideas of Thomas Edison and others

NONFICTION: Author Katie Spalding is a kind of Bill Nye on steroids, making arcane science fascinating and fun.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

How ideas flow and grow

'I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else," the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso once said. He is right. As you go through an effective creative process method stage by stage, the nature of an idea changes and evolves.

Bangkok Post · Apr 27, 2023

The world needs more creatives, not geniuses

Dr Elisa Stephens, president of the Academy of Art University, explodes the myth of the creative genius.

Creative Bloq · Mar 21, 2023

Louis Le Prince invented the motion picture camera in 1888. Then he vanished

This Frenchman began experimenting with photography in his shed. An accident led to the invention of the world's first moving picture camera.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2023

The hidden Newcastle museum dedicated to a Czech national hero and the mystery of an Ouseburn first floor front door

Jára Cimrman House pays tribute to a Czech genius who is said to be one of the country's greatest playwrights, poets, composers, teachers, travellers, philosophers, inventors, detectives, mathematicians and sportsmen of the 19th and early 20th century. But who was he?

Chronicle Live · Jan 29, 2023

Pele's real name and why he hated famous nickname - which caused arguments with pals

Football legend Pele passed away surrounded by his loving family at the age of 82, but in the years before his death he admitted hating his famous moniker

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

Tunes with teeth: Edison might have left his mark on piano

Hard of hearing, Thomas Edison found a unique way to appreciate piano music

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022