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Innovative website celebrates achieving the legal age of 18 or 21
For many young adults, reaching the legal age of 18 or 21 has profound meaning. From a legal standpoint it is an age at which many previously unavailable pursuits, such as drinking alcohol, is no …
Media and Communication Errors
Before computers were even invented, had to fight other communication media against pessimistic predictions of respected contemporaries. In 1899, the chairman of the U.S. patent office even said “Everything that can be invented has been …
Nonlethal energy-beam blasters that cause pain without killing their targets could finally find a home
The Pentagon has been researching nonlethal pain rays since the mid-’90s, but finding a vehicle to carry them has proven to be a challenge. Researchers have mounted these microwave weapons—which repel people by heating water …