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Sometimes mistakes are happy accidents, like those that led to products from penicillin to Popsicles.

STEM is a blast in the brilliant series 'If Not You, Then Who?' Jim Alkon, BookTrib.com “We like to say that the story of invention is the story of America.” In "If Not You, Then Who," a new three-book STEM series targeted at ages 4 to 8, authors David and Emberli Pridham do a most convincing job teaching children about the inventions and patents in everyday life. “Someone reading this book could very well be the next Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Hedy Lamarr, or Steve Jobs,” they believe. “In fact, any of our readers can (and will) come up with the next grea...

Kid Inventors' Day: Encourage children to think outside the box By: Times News Service Do you know what is common between a trampoline, a popsicle, a swim flapper and Braille? All of these were invented by children. To commemorate the creativity and ingenuity of children around the world, January 17th is celebrated as Kid Inventors’ Day. This day is marked to encourage children to think outside the box, explore their creativity and invent something.  It commemorates the birthday of one of the earliest known kid inventors, Benjamin Franklin who invented swim flippers at the age of twelve.Yo...

there is the satellite/radar. just outside the beltway to the north, we have a good shower across southern howard county. you will get rain showers here shortly. this is all pressing off to the east rapidly. by later this afternoon, we will see clearing. let's go to the satellite/radar and show you the cold front. there it is marching east. it is not hard to pick out. on the back edge of this, we are getting a bit of wintry precipitation. very cold temperatures to the west. around here, we have been enjoying a balmy night. temperatures in ohio are in the 20s. 56 degrees at reagan nat...