Asked to evaluate his son's abilities as an intellectual, the elder Edison said that he was, “absolutely illiterate, ...

Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb, patented in 1880, made electric lighting practical, affordable, and long-lasting. It ...

In the age of the LED light bulb, consumers have an unfathomable range of lighting options. This has, perversely, made the ...

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

In 1879, Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb and submitted the patent for the creation. Louisville's Thomas Edison House is celebrating the 140th Anniversary of Edison's 1879 ...

This lighting choice used to be all the rage, especially for millennials. But now, it looks dated. You can still make this ...

Keith Law’s top-100 MLB prospect list is out, which is always a fun read for baseball fans. It’s not as fun for those of you ...

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 ...

Thomas Edison’s electric light bulb illuminated homes and cities, and Charles Goodyear’s vulcanized rubber revolutionized manufacturing. In 1846, a Boston dentist started using ether as ...

Tim Boyle / Newsmakers When a colleague asked Thomas Edison how he’d made so many huge advances in everything from light bulbs to recording technology to botany, the inventor insisted that he ...