For over 30 years, Barry Fox has trawled through the world’s weird and wonderful patent applications, uncovering the most exciting, bizarre or even terrifying new ideas. His column, Invention, is ...

The lightbulb, the printing press, the internal combustion engine—all of these so-called revolutionary inventions pale in comparison to man’s greatest triumph. Centuries from now, historians will ...

PHYSICS has a reputation for being intimidating. But while the details can be devilish, the basic ideas are often quite simple. On October 2nd Sweden’s Royal Academy of Science awarded the Nobel prize ...

Editor's note: Gary Starkweather died Dec. 26, 2019, in Orlando, Fla., of leukemia at the age of 81, according to theWall Street Journal. In his memory, we brought out this column honoring ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is the discharge unit for the ...

Father-daughter duo Jon Fisher and Cally McConnell came up with the idea of Wizard Tag through their combined love of Harry Potter following a game of laser tag while in the Czech Republic. Cally ...

History is rich with examples of scientific discoveries that have contributed to the wider development of breakthrough inventions in the health, energy, transport, and telecommunications industries, ...

The spark plugs inside an internal combustion engine erode and need to be replaced regularly because high voltages are required to ignite the engine fuel. Colorado State University in the US hopes to ...