How Wilde’s haters and clever manipulation and promotion created the persona of the much loved Wilde. A book mapping Oscar Wilde’s tour of America claims this audacious unknown invented the idea of ...

Exams evolved from ancient Chinese imperial tests to modern standardized assessments, with Henry Fischel often credited for ...

Why this significant example of early television should have been in Falkirk is not fully known, which allowed a certain ...

The "radical concept" was invented in Rugby by scientist Dennis Gabor, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his idea in 1971. Gabor was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1900 and developed an interest ...

Discover the history of Steiff teddy bears, from Margarete Steiff's first creations to today's collectibles. See why Steiff ...

Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty, created more wealth and expanded human potential more than any system in ...

On Nov. 22, 1888, the Vancouver Daily News Advertiser reported “an intimate friend” of the incoming president “had reason to ...

We explore twenty remarkable inventions from the early 1900s, a period when bold ideas pushed the limits of technology and ...

There is a look developing in London: field jackets, flight jackets, pea coats and snow parkas that look so old they could ...

For nearly 40 years, Alaïa quietly assembled what is considered the largest private fashion archive on record: some 20,000 ...

The first true battery, the Voltaic Pile, was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. Key milestones include the rechargeable lead-acid battery (1859) and the lithium-ion battery (1991).

The America 250-Ohio committee launched the Ohio Innovation Trail at Carillon Historical Park on Tuesday. The trail is the latest in a series of themed, "experiential" driving trails exploring ...