In A Modern Invention for a 100-Year-Old Typewriter, old-school charm meets modern creativity. I take a century-old ...

Fax was a breakthrough when Alexander Bain invented it in the 19th century, allowing documents to travel faster and more ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

The new Experimentale collection gives a glimpse at Breguet’s technical R&D and what’s to come for the historically ...

IT’S the sci-fi movie that enthralled a generation of kids. Back to the Future celebrates 40 years this week – sober news for ...

Do you know Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287–212 BCE) is celebrated as one of history’s greatest scientific minds? He was a ...

There are conflicting stories as to how and why this decadent dessert was invented, but no matter its true origin, its taste ...

The Humorous Heart of America Every year, we celebrate the birthday of Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), America’s ...

Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818 ...

Tai Po fire appeared to be product of cultural reliance on bamboo, a cautionary tale for tower-laden cities around the world ...

Dr. Albert K. Chin is playing a significant role in this shift as a mechanical engineer turned physician whose work bridges ...

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 ...