Most Muslim children are told that they need know only one thing about the Koran's origin: that it was revealed over a period of 23 years by the angel Gabriel to Muhammad.

ECONOMIST: Muslims and the Koran

Adherence to direct, source- and sink-based, current-period accounting provides a robust framework for handling emissions from fuels regardless of their origin.

FORBES: Rethinking Life-Cycle Fuel Regulations

Having monitored the number of utility patents (an inexact but objective measure for innovation) granted by the U.S. Patent and Trade Office to countries during this period, it was fascinating to observe that the number of patents of foreign origin over taking those from the U.S. in 2007 for the first time in history.

FORBES: The locus of innovation has shifted away from the U.S.