In his book ‘The Theory of Everything Else,’ comedian and writer Dan Schreiber compiles the craziest (and, in some cases, the ...

Today, we celebrate the towering life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin—printer and philosopher, inventor and diplomat, public servant and patriot, and one ...

Jan. 21, 1912: Birthday of Konrad Bloch, who received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how cholesterol is synthesized in the body and the relationship of its blood levels ...

The inventor behind chicken nuggets wasn't Tyson Foods or McDonald's (though both brands have been instrumental in their rise ...

Test your knowledge of American history! See if you can identify 7 famous Americans and their major accomplishments, ...

A small exhibit put together by Shannon Ross-Albers at the Milan Public library celebrates the ingenuity of the people of ...

Image: Draper Eric Fossum, the inventor of the modern CMOS image sensor and a longtime friend of DPReview, was recently ...

In this last part of our series on recently digitized books from the Wenner Collection, we are focusing on works that ...

"I wanted to create a new planter pot that would eliminate the hassle of using traditional fertilizers," said an inventor, from Oklahoma City, Okla., "so I invented the MAGNAPOT. My design offers an ...

In the late 1930s, a Massachusetts innkeeper created what would become the most popular cookie in the United States. That ...

The library is pleased to welcome Robert Wheeler, great-great-grandnephew of Thomas Edison and President of the Edison ...

In a patent filed Jan. 1, an inventor named Rinard Ford described a new way to make head-up displays better for drivers.