[ad_1] Adriana Hoffmann, a botanist who traveled through Chile deciphering vegetation and tirelessly working as a scientist, activist, writer and policy maker to protect her country’s vast forests from corporateRead More
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Martin Pope, whose research led to OLEDs, dies at 103
[ad_1] Laying the scientific foundations of the field, Dr. Pope co-wrote the definitive text “Electronic Processes in Organic Crystals and Polymers” with Charles E. Swenberg. First published in 1982, theRead More
Dagny Carlsson, Centenarian Blogger, dies at 109
[ad_1] Dagny Carlsson, believed to be the world’s oldest blogger who documented her life in Sweden and spread the message that age should not limit happiness, has died. He wasRead More
Animated GIF Creator Stephen Wilhite dies at 74
[ad_1] Computer programmer Stephen E. Wilhite, best known for inventing GIF, the looping animations that have become the universal language for conveying humor, sarcasm, and anger on social media andRead More
Stephen Wilhite, inventor of the favorite GIF, dies
[ad_1] Stephen WilhiteThe inventor of the short video format GIF, popular on the Internet, is dead. he is was 74. Her His wife, Kathaleen, said in a phone call onRead More
Personal Computer Pioneer John Roach Dies At 83
[ad_1] John Roach, a marketing visionary who helped make the home computer ubiquitous by promoting the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80 for $599.95 or less through RadioShack chain stores in theRead More
House’s Longtime Democratic Leader, Victor Fazio, Dies at 79
[ad_1] Victor Fazio, a longtime Democratic Congressman from California who had served as a House leader for several years, died March 16 at his home in Arlington, Va. He wasRead More
Breakthrough Pig Heart Transplant Patient Dies
[ad_1] The first person to have his failed heart replaced with that of a genetically engineered pig in a groundbreaking operation died Tuesday afternoon at the University of Maryland MedicalRead More
Awesome Florida Environmentalist Maggy Hurchalla dies at 81
[ad_1] The most public environmental fight began in 2013 when Lake Point Restoration, a company with a limestone mining operation in Martin County, sued for contract interference. He had sentRead More
Art Cooley, Founder of the Environmental Defense Fund, dies at 87
[ad_1] As a result of a lawsuit filed by the fund in Michigan, nearly every city stopped using DDT, and the application of another pesticide, dieldrin, to combat Japanese beetlesRead More