A southwest Missouri river already contaminated with E. coli could soon receive up to 350,000 gallons of wastewater daily from a meatpacking facility. And while the facility is expected to treat the wastewater for contamination before releasing it, critics of the proposal are worried about the operators’ history of violations at the site. “It would […]
As we mark the anniversary of the historic passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, we celebrate that Medicare provides health coverage, including routine preventive care, hospitalization and prescription medicines, to over 65 million seniors and people with disabilities. I’m one of those seniors, and I work with many more of them in the fight […]
Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott is revealing some of the records that helped shape him into the rock star he is today. In an interview with Classic Rock, the singer reveals “the 10 records that changed my life,”…
Photographs by Alyssa Vanderweg. As part of the Missouri Historical Society’s Collections Access project, the collections management department recently cataloged, photographed, and rehoused a collection of 42 patent models from the 19th century. Until 1880, the US Patent Office required inventors to submit working models of their inventions with their patent applications. The Patent Office …
As a business owner, it may seem counterintuitive that when your employees create inventions related to your business, in addition to not automatically owning them, you might not even have the right to use them. This is because in the U.S., the general rule is that inventions are owned by their creator. This concept is embodied in patent law where, absent a written agreement to the contrary, the inventor of a patent is the owner.
The simple solution to this issue is to have employees sign employment…
St. Louis Community College and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have developed a program that paves the way for high school students to enter the biotechnology field.
EMBARK is a dual credit/dual enrollment program that enables high school students to earn a life science lab assistant certificate by high school graduation. Students who graduate from the program are prepared for work in bioscience laboratories and are well positioned to continue studies to complete bioscience and biotechnology…
Danielle Deavens was frustrated. It was the holiday season of 2016, and, having made a pact with herself to buy gifts exclusively from Black-owned businesses, she found herself at an impasse. Though she knew there had to be companies selling a variety of products somewhere in the marketplace, she could not find them, despite her best efforts. Surely, there was a better way, she thought, as she lamented the situation to her partner, Doug Spencer.
“It was just a really clunky and disjointed experience,”…
The Riverboats at the Gateway Arch award guests one of the best views of St. Louis’ working riverfront, the Gateway Arch and the city skyline. Narrated by the captain
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