You’ve probably heard of the brilliant minds behind some of today’s most groundbreaking inventions—think the light bulb, the telephone and the World Wide Web. But did you know that not every inventor ...

Unless you worked for Ford’s plastics, paint and vinyls division in the 1980s, you probably don’t know the name Jim Moylan. But you might well know the idea that made this unknown engineer who ...

Pilot an airplane high in the sky. Switch on the air conditioner. Sip a cold beer. Ride the elevator to the top of the Chrysler building. Pop a Prozac (r). We may take these clever inventions for ...

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Every time we switch on a light or boil a kettle we rely on power - but most people don't stop to think about the inventions and discoveries that allow us to live the way we do. In an exciting new ...