Innovation

In 2014 Oklahoma reelected conservative Republican Mary Fallin over conservative Democrat Joe Dorman 460,298 (55.8%) to 338,239 (41%). Although there have been some shocking recent special election wins by Democrats in Oklahoma, the state Senate has 39 Republicans and just 8 Democrats and the state House has 73 Republicans and 28 Democrats. The Oklahoma congressional delegation consists of 5 Republican congressmen and 2 Republican senators...

Majd Mashharawi has invented environmentally friendly, cheap and lightweight blocks that use ash instead of sand. Could ‘Green Cake’ help rebuild the besieged Gaza Strip?
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From motion-powered mobile phone chargers to urine-powered electricity; three ways in which human energy is pushing society forward
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The designer behind a range of clothes that expand to fit growing babies and toddlers has been awarded the James Dyson award for student innovation
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Tech companies from Google to Apple may be ploughing resources into driverless cars, but on our oceans, automated ships could be making bigger waves by the end of the decade: Norwegian company Yara is launching the world's first electric cargo ship next year, and that's just the beginning.

With such limited space, how can cities be designed to feature more greenery? China is thinking outside the box: vertically
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Back in the days of churning your own butter, food prep took up the same hours as a full-time job – 44 hours per week on average. In the US, that time has been cut down to one hour per week. Even in India, with the world's highest food prep time, women spend 31 fewer hours per week than US women in 1900. The market's innovation made this possible, but there's still progress to be made.

The pace of development is remarkable. And yet, we are faced with the threat of old-world bureaucracies managing old-world enterprises exercising heavy-handed control over new-world enterprises that are fundamentally rethinking the way business operates.

The O’Neill sisters did not expect the tornado that hit their town in Massachusetts or that recovering from the disaster would change their lives, writes Doyle Rice for USA Today
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Some people believe the economy is limited by numbers, such as the size of the labor force. However, private-sector entrepreneurship is the most important force behind economic growth and regulation of economic activities by the various governmental Departments is the principal restraint on economic growth.