A new podcast from Lost Women of Science tells the story of Katharine Burr Blodgett, who invented nonreflective glass while working at General Electric, but who is often forgotten.
On November 21, 1916, pilot and inventor Lawrence Sperry was flying over Long Island’s Great South Bay with his student ...
On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized the way we communicate when the first discernible human voice traveled over wire from one person to another.
As we continue our celebration of Women's History Month, here are some life-changing inventions brought to us by Black women.
If you’ve ever flipped a light switch or used your favorite cordless gadget, odds are you owe Nikola Tesla a great debt of ...
Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to ...
"Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you," Bell famously said.
The physics preceptor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss New York City, interdisciplinarity, and the origins of math.
Discover how Henry Ford revolutionized the auto industry with the Model T and the moving assembly line, founding Ford Motor ...
Published today in Science, the discovery marks the creation and observation of the first molecule with a half-Möbius electronic topology.
The Boilermaker Pete is a crowd favorite, especially among Purdue fans who bleed black and gold. This burger features a ...