Dr. Knowlton stayed at Bell Labs until 1982, experimenting with everything from computer-generated music to technologies that allow deaf people to read sign language over the phone. He later joinedRead More
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Breakthrough in Feminist Sociology, Dorothy E. Smith, Dies at 95
Dr. As Smith first applied her approach as a middle-class, educated, heterosexual mother and wrote in feminist terms, she saw it as a tool available to anyone marginalized by traditionalRead More
Space Endurance Record-breaking Valery Ryumin dies at 82
Cosmonaut Valery Ryumin, a Soviet tank commander who spent more than a year in space breaking endurance records and then embarked on another flight 18 years later, this time onRead More
Dave Smith, whose synthesizers shaped electronic music, dies at 72
Unlike a piano or organ, early synthesizers such as the Moog and ARP could only produce one note at a time. Shaping a particular tone involved adjusting multiple knobs, switches,Read More
Groundbreaking Environmentalist Hazel Henderson dies at 89
A self-taught apostle of the green economy and socially responsible investment, he taught his followers to act locally. Source link
Inventor of the Life-Saving Heart Device, Dr. Morton Mower dies at 89
Morton Mower, an enterprising cardiologist who helped invent an implantable defibrillator that saved many lives by returning potentially fatal irregular heart rhythms to normal with an electric shock, died AprilRead More
Inventor of the Life-Saving Heart Device, Dr. Morton Mower dies at 89
Morton Mower, an enterprising cardiologist who helped invent an implantable defibrillator that saved many lives by returning potentially fatal irregular heart rhythms to normal with an electric shock, died AprilRead More
Sheldon Krimsky, Who Warned Against Snow Motivation in Science, Dies at 80
Leading environmental ethics scholar Sheldon Krimsky, who has explored issues between science, ethics and biotechnology, and warned of the dangers of private companies that undertake and influence academic research, diedRead More
Fuad El-Hibri, Leader of a Troubled Vaccine Manufacturer, dies at 64
Fuad Al-Hibri, whose biotech company won billions of dollars in government contracts to produce a vaccine against anthrax but stumbled in 2021 after being hired to produce Covid vaccines, wasRead More
Fuad El-Hibri, Leader of a Troubled Vaccine Manufacturer, dies at 64
“The cross-contamination thing is unacceptable,” he said, “period.” About 60 million additional doses were found to be contaminated in June. Fuad El-Hibri was born on March 2, 1958 in Hildesheim,Read More
