DEL MAR, Calif. — Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it.

In April, their invention earned global acclaim after it won the $12,500 Earth Prize, an international environmental sustainability competition for teens. KillerStartups stated that they plan to use ...

While von Braun invented the V-2, the rocket's assembly plant was manned mostly by slave labor, and von Braun was aware of this practice, as well as the high mortality rate of these unwilling workers.

The 41-year-old Phoenix resident, father of two and veteran U.S. Army major had stumbled onto an invention that allows amateur antique watch aficionados to gently rinse a timepiece’s components.

Invention education challenges students to identify and solve problems in their own communities and beyond! Lessons are available for STEM and non-STEM subjects to help students become civic ...

Invented by Liverpool businessman Frank Hornby, the massive success of the brand made him a millionaire. Hornby entered politics in 1931 when he was elected as a Conservative MP for Everton.

How social media is pushing back against the still common idea that African societies never had a knowledge system.

American inventions proved their worth in the Normandy campaign that began on June 6, 1944. They allowed Allied forces to shoot, move and communicate in the arduous D-Day landings. From floating ...

This app can detect early signs of heart failure in 7 seconds — and was invented by a 14-year-old from Texas By Diana Bruk Published June 5, 2025, 7:30 p.m. ET ...

Invented in 1930 by 3M engineer Richard G. Drew, it was the world’s first transparent adhesive tape. It was created so bakers, grocers, and meatpackers had a way to seal food wrap.

Volvo doesn't specify how, exactly, the seatbelt pulls off this fine control, but it would seem the load-limiting mechanism for the belt—you know, the part that jams the belt if you try and lean ...

The struggling comedian who invented the podcast – for better and worse Long, rambling interviews; comics chatting to presidents; incongruous advertisements‥. Marc Maron’s WTF did it all first.