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September 23, 2009 2:13 PM

Billions of Dollars or Billions of Years

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Companies spend a lot of money on research and design but Mother Nature has been doing it for billions of years and her "findings" are free. Engineers are catching on and embracing the field of biomimicry - using nature's designs to solve human problems.

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September 16, 2009 4:07 PM

Beating the Baby Blues

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Researchers in Spain are making progress in the battle against postpartum depression, which is a more serious condition than the "Baby Blues." They've developed a way to identify women who are suffering, making it easier to treat them.

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May 6, 2009 12:09 PM

The Future Of Reading

The words you're reading have been around for hundreds or thousands of years but they've never gotten around like this before. The internet changed not only what we read, but HOW we read. Think that doesn't matter? Then read on....


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April 16, 2008 7:45 PM

Fast Draw: Oil Prices

Josh Landis and Mitch Butler of the "Fast Draw" team take a close look at what determines the price of oil and the impact price fluctuations have on the overall U.S. economy.
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March 9, 2008 9:50 AM

Daylight Saving

Why do we have Daylight Saving Time? Here's an animated explanation for moving our clocks forward and backward in the spring and fall.

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February 12, 2008 10:18 AM

Shrinking World

A new study shows that despite advances in technology, people now travel less farther from home than they did in the past. "Fast Draw" artists Mitch Butler and Josh Landis report.

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February 1, 2008 7:38 PM

Oil Prices And The Dollar

You might assume recent soaring prices are the the result of a rising global demand for more energy. But the fact is, those high prices at the pump are directly connected to the falling value of the American dollar.

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