November of 1877, the publication Scientific American enthuses about Thomas Edison's new invention: the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Calling it a "wonderful invention," the article ...

Accidental inventions like microwaves, Post-it notes, and penicillin prove that scientific mistakes can create world-changing ...

We explore twenty remarkable inventions from the early 1900s, a period when bold ideas pushed the limits of technology and ...

The Virtual Museum of Ancient Inventions is a project that was begun by students in the course Ancient Inventions, first taught by Marjorie Senechal, which was offered at Smith from 1997 through 2004.

Modern humans have existed for around 300,000 years, and in all the time we've been here, we've made a lot of things. In the early days, homo sapiens fashioned tools from flint and other materials, ...

History is littered with brilliant ideas that arrived too early for their own good. Some were buried by economic constraints, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – From airplanes to traffic lights to pull-tabs on beer cans, Ohioans have had a hand in some of the world’s ...

University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than ...

Thanks to a whopping eight-figure donation from the Serum Institute of India (the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer), the ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

The demise of the banking industry in the U.S. has been incorrectly predicted for generations. The truth is that the industry never dies, because it never stands still, writes U.S. Bancorp CEO Gunjan ...