Once firmly the nation's center of innovation, New Jersey has consequently been the home of some famous inventions. Not all, however, were planned ...

The human capacity for invention and discovery is a remarkable phenomenon that has shaped the course of history. It is as if humans are driven by an innate desire to improve their lives and the world ...

More than a century after its invention, illustrators still use a lit bulb to symbolize a great idea. Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison, who created the first commercial ...

From Silicon Valley to Hollywood, California is renowned for its warm weather, technological innovations, and cultural importance. People from all around the world have long been flocking to the ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to ...

Ancient copper smelters may have accidentally set the stage for the Iron Age. At a 3,000-year-old workshop in Georgia, researchers discovered that metalworkers were using iron oxide not to smelt iron ...

From the 40-hour working week and Daylight Savings time, Jet Boats, and the whistle, all the way through to splitting the atom and creating the virtual cow fence... The history of inventing runs deep ...

100 Years Ago, 1925: The “two-way spigot,” a new invention designed for the purpose of assisting the bartender in violating the prohibition law, was discovered when Sergeant Smith, in charge of one of ...

Rajeev Roy's The Niche Code challenges the obsession with rapid scaling, arguing that true business success lies in deep specialization.

Artificial intelligence has taken many forms over the years and is still evolving. Will machines soon surpass human knowledge and understanding?

Telling the story of the Irish family behind the world's favourite stout, it is set in 19th century Dublin just after the death of patriarch Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness.

Researchers warns: no mainstream platform truly respects privacy, but decentralized networks provide potential future solutions.