Every day is important, holding an chance for a new adventure, an exciting event. Each day in history holds something ...

On the morning of December 15, 1836, the history of American innovation changed forever—or rather, it vanished. In a matter of hours, a catastrophic fire in Washington, D.C., wiped out the entire ...

Much of the scarce information, available about the life of James White, a civil engineer and author of the remarkable book A New Century of Inventions, comes from biographical statements in the above ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

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 ...

Inventions by African Americans into the 21st century include everything from toys to physics to aerospace technology. John KingJohn King worked with the aerospace and safety industries. He invented ...