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 ...

Some of the most revolutionary breakthroughs in human history weren’t planned in boardrooms or laboratories. They happened ...

When did indoor air become cold and clean? Air conditioning is one of those inventions that have become so ubiquitous that many in the developed world don’t even realize that less than a century ago, ...

“Places of Invention,” the latest exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, opens at the National Museum of American History July 1. It examines six ...

My dear friends, I have already discussed in my previous article on inventions that modern man (or homo sapiens) have been around for some 50,000 years, populating and spreading out at will and doing ...

February 13th, 2023 —The world is never finished catching up with Vaclav Smil. In his latest and perhaps most readable book, Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure, the prolific ...

What if literature was an invention for making us happier and healthier? wenjin chen/Getty Images Shortly after 335 B.C., within a newly built library tucked just east of Athens’ limestone city walls, ...

Watch the trailer for Inventions that Changed History, the upcoming series which reveals the wild and often unbelievable stories behind many of pop culture's most impactful inventions. The series ...