This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thomas Edison liked to say that he never failed. He succeeded every now and again with an invention that would change the ...

Wall St. Insights Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions.  Chocolate was a big ...

This realization led to the pacemaker in 1951. What he was trying to make: During World War II, the US government needed rubber for airplane tires, boots for soldiers, and the like. Wright was ...

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Hands down, the best modern invention. Alejo Rodriguez Lo ... Charlotte Ames-Ettridge, Sub-editor 5 women scientists who changed the world The air conditioner. I can’t imagine how people ...

Inventors shape the world we live in with their scientific discoveries and technological innovations. Over the last century they have transformed our lives with inventions ranging from the humble ...

These Irish inventions have made a massive difference ... producing color photographs from a single plate. He changed the way we see the world. It’s a long way from Skype but it was an ...

But other fields, like engineering and computer science — which tend to be more lucrative, and have more opportunity for invention — remain disproportionately male. Part of the problem ...

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This realization led to the pacemaker in 1951. What he was trying to make: During World War II, the US government needed rubber for airplane tires, boots for soldiers, and the like. Wright was ...

From life-saving devices to modern conveniences, this eight-part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.