Hear echoes of the Victorian age, captured in some of the world’s first audio recordings, in this video essay on the ...

It’s not an accident that the Oscars, Emmys, and Tonys all have names typically used for people (though they’re not all named ...

The history goes back to 1935. William Maxson of West Orange developed the idea of freezing already cooked foods and then ...

Galileo Galilei championed the heliocentric model of the solar system and advanced modern astronomy with telescopic ...

Aside from photo stops along the rolling tea estates in Wayanad and Munnar, you can also check out fascinating tea museums ...

The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the phonograph, and Henry Ford, pioneer of the automobile – were good friends who built their ...

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Building upon his work with the telegraph and telephone, Thomas Edison ... Delivered weekly. Sign Up The phonograph’s potential was immediately recognized, with Edison envisioning applications ranging ...

In the late 19th century, movies became so popular that filmmakers and entrepreneurs rushed to create dedicated venues for ...

Of course, Thomas Edison comes to mind. Known as the Wizard of Menlo Park, Edison, who moved to New Jersey as an adult, invented many things in the Garden State, including the electric light bulb, the ...