From the 'Titan' submersible to the 'Titanic' ocean liner, these innovations backfired with catastrophic consequences Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers ...

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named seven Case Western Reserve University researchers to its 2024 class of senior members, an honor that recognizes their “remarkable innovation-producing ...

(NEXSTAR) – With its aerodynamic attributes and colorful designs, the Frisbee flying disc has delighted generations of Americans. It really infuriated its inventor, though — at least in one aspect.

(Note: Data compiled and cross-verified from multiple historical and academic sources, including the Smithsonian Institution archives, Encyclopedia Britannica, and World History Encyclopedia for ...

On a moving train in the 1870s, the toilet bowl in the restroom was open to the tracks below, letting in gusts of air as well as dust and cinders from the road bed. “The annoyance,” wrote African ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 2.8 million Americans contractantibiotic-resistant bacterial infections each year, and approximately 35,000 of those infections ...

We list the best inventors, starting with the Jazz Age, and continuing up until today Although boxing legend George Foreman, a judge on the second-year CBS reality show American Inventor, has yet to ...

Three Purdue University faculty members, including two from the College of Engineering and one from the College of Veterinary Medicine, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors ...

For most people, the answer would probably be "not many," but that's not because there weren't many. African-Americans have invented some important and beneficial devices, but the names and faces of ...

Two Purdue University engineering faculty members, one with a joint appointment in the College of Veterinary Medicine, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the ...

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named seven Case Western Reserve University researchers to its 2024 class of senior members, an honor that recognizes their “remarkable innovation-producing ...