An assembly line of discovery, invention, deployment, and trust wound its way through centuries and landed at the tip of a needle. Perhaps there is our final lesson, the one most worth carrying ...

“The Age of Edison” is not a detailed history of Edison’s role in the development of electric lighting but rather a grand overview of the invention’s sweeping repercussions on America’s ...

Age of invention. Reading Time: 7 minutes. Why you can trust SCMP. David Watkins and Harry Harrison. Published: 12:00am, 13 Mar 2005. Evolutionary nirvana is still very much on mankind's to-do list.

The invention of the transistor by Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain is only the most dramatic and important example. Some others: The first public demonstration of fax transmission (1925) ...

Some science discoveries and inventions feel like they’ve been part of our lives forever. Sometimes, these "old" discoveries are actually so recent they can be measured by the age of celebrities ...

Each episode reveals the fascinating story of these four iconic inventions of the modern age and celebrates the people and events that lead to their development. Showcasing the brilliant minds behind ...

Between the 15th and 17th centuries, colonial powers desperately sought a route connecting the global East and West. The era was referred to as the Age of Exploration (also called the Age of Discovery ...