Beulah Louise Henry was just nine years old when she came up with her first invention in 1896, a device that allowed a man to tip his hat without ever putting down his newspaper. By her death in 1973, ...

Alexander Graham Bell (18471922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and educator, and the most notable contribution he made was the development of the earliest practical telephone in 1876. His ...

All inventions cause the world to react in one way or another. In many cases, discoveries push the boundaries of human output ...

History has a strange habit of forgetting its own brilliance. Civilizations rose, fell, and took entire libraries of ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern applications.

It's really women innovators who have created the idea of a dishwasher, fridge, coffee filter, juicer, and toaster we use in our kitchens.

EverWonder Children’s Museum, 11 Mile Hill Road, hosted its third annual Invention Convention on Wednesday, March 4. Overall, 16 young inventors took the eight-week challenge to identify a problem ...

On Friday, Feb. 27, the sun was shining and students in matching gray hats walked around the Detroit Zoo. To the naked eye, the small groups of children walking around with their chaperones would seem ...

The Ring Rescue appeared in the latest episode of the HBO series after one of the device's inventors, Dr. Kevin Spencer, met the show's lead actor, Noah Wyle, and producers at a medical trade show ...

The invention of the snowmobile is widely credited to Canadian inventor and businessman Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1937, ...

"Race did not spread because it was scientifically persuasive. It spread because it served very human interests." ...

Discover the remarkable story of Hedy Lamarr, the Hollywood icon whose wartime invention of frequency-hopping technology helped pave the way for modern wireless innovations like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and ...