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Science and Discovery blog
Galileo, Mendel and a Belgian priest, the myth of faith at war with science The idea that religion and science have always fought is a nineteenth-century story more than a fact, and the record shows a different picture. The Patent and Copyright Clause Is the Only Power With a Stated Purpose One grant in Article I tells you why it exists. What the Patent and Copyright Clause says, how courts read it, and the case for property in ideas. Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Was the First Invention Factory and It Changed Work Edison's real invention was the research laboratory, and Menlo Park shows how private capital, teamwork and honest failure built the modern economy. Bicycle Mechanics From Dayton Beat the Government-Funded Langley Into the Air Two Ohio bicycle makers with no degrees and no subsidy flew at Kitty Hawk nine days after a War Department-funded aircraft fell into the Potomac.