If you’re curious about what was invented the year you were born, RS Components compiled a fascinating list, which we’re ...

Hewlett and Packard met at Stanford University in the 1930s while studying electrical engineering. Before they finished their ...

Scientists believe that simple molecules of short fatty chains of fewer than 10 carbon-carbon bonds (complex fatty chains can ...

AOTY nominees (winner in bold): "Beerbongs & Bentleys" by Post Malone, the "Black Panther" soundtrack, "By the Way, I Forgive ...

Hewlett-Packard's 9100A, the world's first personal computer, was based on a prototype built by Tom Osborne of Cody. Called “The Green Machine,” it ...

In 1808, Sir Humphry Davy invented the first effective electric lamp, opening the door for this technology to be used in ...

Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Modern warfare can kill more people in a shorter amount of time than at any point in history. Some of the most controversial ...

He invented a computer model that made it possible to measure human-induced climate change. He also helped break a color ...

The first patent issued for an invention by an American inventor was in 1790 for an improvement to potash production, and it ...

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

As American civic life has become increasingly shaped by algorithms, trust in government has plummeted. Is there any turning ...