The Rolex GMT-Master changed keeping time in two time zones at the dawn of the civilian flights in the '50s. The tool watch ...

He once wrote that we must always strive to be useful in our writings with a pleasant degree of humor. He put all those things together in 1792 and published his first Farmer’s Almanac. The word old, ...

Stolen Science," was written to finally set the record straight about scientists and inventors who never received the credit ...

A career criminal who murdered an Amazon delivery driver who was trying to stop him stealing his van has been jailed for life. Mark Ross snuck into the vehicle as Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42 ...

Explore the evolution of a groundbreaking scientific instrument that has redefined our understanding of the cosmos – from its inception in 1608 to the cutting-edge gamma-ray telescopes of today.

George Westinghouse Jr. was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railway air brake and pioneered the electrical industry. He gained his first patent at the tender age of 19.

So I’m looking for fast riders who can win races. “In the end, the stopwatch decides: tik, tok, tik, tok. My responsibility is to look for the best. But I’m not a killer.” It had been nearly 15 years ...

Many would agree that the Monday after daylight saving time begins is among the worst days of the year. Even though time "springs forward" one hour early Sunday morning, it can take a few days ...

“Flow,” a dialogue-free animated Latvian film made with open-source software, is keeping our domesticated friends riveted. By Esther Zuckerman One night shortly before the Oscars ceremony, my ...

But a more recent innovation was causing an even bigger stir: the Garis-Cochran Dishwashing Machine, the only device in the massive hall invented by a woman. Over 200 dirty dishes could be loaded ...

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