GolfChannel: Fifteen years ago, Tiger Woods announced his arrival on the golf scene and never looked back. There’s no reason to think this time is going to be any different.
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The exquisitely crafted furniture of Istanbul-based Dorya is so well regarded in its native country that the office of the Turkish president recently commissioned the firm to outfit the interiors of two residences, its diplomatic offices, and meeting rooms. A couple of years ago, Dorya established corporate offices and a ...
Read More »Scott Hill Returns to Los Angeles Scene
Like Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco, Mitchells in Greenwich, and Jeffrey in New York, Scott Hill has been an iconic retailer in Los Angeles for more than 20 years. So it came as somewhat of a surprise three years ago when the style-savvy store owner shuttered his Sunset Boulevard shop ...
Read More »Bridge Sensors Could Save Travelers
Four years ago this week, the Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse killed 13 people and injured 145. More recently, more than one in four U.S. bridges were found to be either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, according to a 2009 study by the U.S
Read More »Video: Korey Stringer’s wife on heat stroke, sports
Ten years ago, NFL player Korey Stringer died of complications of heat stroke.
Read More »ATMs Branch Out
It's hard to remember a time before automated teller machines made our money available 24/7. And since the first networked ATM more than 40 years ago, banks have been trying to make their electronic tellers more secure and more versatile. [More]
Read More »Beasts of the Stellar Zoo [Slide Show]
One of astronomy's greatest conceptual revolutions began 100 years ago, when scientists demonstrated that stars follow specific patterns of brightness and color. [More]
Read More »Under pressure, sodium and hydrogen could undergo a metamorphosis, emerging as a superconductor
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the search for superconductors, finding ways to compress hydrogen into a metal has been a point of focus ever since scientists predicted many years ago that electricity would flow, uninhibited, through such a material.
Read More »Video: Student graduates after near-fatal concussion recovery
Five years ago, Zack Lystedt suffered a concussion that almost killed him but recovered in time to walk at his own graduation paving the way for future concussion patients along the way. John Blackstone reports.
Read More »Poulter finally passes by Tiger
PGT: Three-and-a-half years ago, Ian Poulter said he would eventually be the lone challenger to Tiger Woods because no one could stand up to Woods like the Englishman.
Read More »PGT: It took 3-plus years, but Poulter passes Tiger
PGT: Three-and-a-half years ago, Ian Poulter said he would eventually be the lone challenger to Tiger Woods because no one could stand up to Woods like the Englishman. Now, it's official.
Read More »Toward faster transistors: New physical phenomenon could lead to increases in computers’ clock speed
In the 1980s and 90s, competition in the computer industry was all about "clock speed" how many megahertz, and ultimately gigahertz, a chip could boast. But clock speeds stalled out almost 10 years ago: Chips that run faster also run hotter, and with existing technology, there seems to be no way to increase clock speed without causing chips to overheat.
Read More »China Quake Rebuilding Success Masks Deeper Woes
By James Pomfret NEW BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China has hailed reconstruction efforts since a massive earthquake leveled parts of Sichuan province three years ago as a major victory, but a lack of jobs and crippling debts to pay for new homes are making life difficult for many. [More]
Read More »Autos: Moving Masterpieces
Ralph Lauren’s cars caused a stir in the art world six years ago when they were displayed at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Critics questioned whether automobiles, even ones as prized as Lauren’s, belonged among the museum’s collections of sculptures, antiquities, Monets, and Old Masters; naysayers found dubious the very ...
Read More »Inventive Casual Woven Furniture
Despite the fact that the venerable casual furniture company Janus et Cie has produced its own designs since its inception more than 32 years ago, it often has
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