Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “What is art?” Art is something people make to share ideas or feelings. It can make others think or feel something too. Art can ...

James Moylan, who thought up the little arrow on your gas gauge that tells you what side of the car your fuel filler sits, has passed away. Moylan was a Ford interior trim designer who came up with ...

The origins of nuclear power are complicated because it wasn't discovered by a single person. Nuclear power is a product of many scientists and engineers who worked across generations and borders.

When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than earlier light sources, and they made more activities, for both work and play, ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For many, iRobot’s Roomba robot vacuum was their first experience with a home robot. When I got my Roomba in ...

It isn’t hard to think that Jeff Bezos left his role as Amazon.com’s CEO to enjoy a slower life filled with yachting and celebrity parties. But he would most certainly object to that characterization.

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J.—Erich Arcement was standing outside his New Jersey home one morning last October when a truck driver called to ask what time his store opened for deliveries. Arcement later ...

His widow Kelly Roberts said he passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday while surrounded by family. “I feel so blessed to have shared 35 wonderful years of marriage with Duane,” she wrote on ...

In the summer of 1956, a group of academics—now we’d call them computer scientists but there was no such thing then—met on Dartmouth College campus in New Hampshire to discuss how to make machines ...

At just 13 years old, Kevin Tang is establishing himself in the world of science and senior care − all with the goal of keeping his grandma safe. Kevin's device isn't wearable. Instead, users set up ...

The first thing to understand about antifa is that it is not real. Yes, as a journalist, I’m obligated to offer some throat-clearing nuance: There is a thing called antifa that has existed for a long ...