The adjective “small,” as ... devices of the most simple character, requiring little mechanical skill in construction, and little genius to invent. Such inventions are, for the most part ...

Paper straws are a bit flimsy, but silicone and metal straws hold up for years ... They're such a simple invention, yet ...

Not so with HP’s Metal Jet, one of the world’s first 3D printers capable of mass-producing metal objects. Several major metal manufacturers, including GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech ...

While we can’t say for sure that each of these games were the direct inspiration for these inventions, it’s nevertheless incredibly easy to draw some lines of causality and infer that the ...

The only thing that he'd done in life was to run two very small businesses with the help ... His father had some simple books on flight in nature in his library, and the Dayton Public Library ...

Audience editors: Samantha Cooney, Annabel Gutterman, Soo Jin Kim, Kat Moon, and Kimberly Tal Copy editors: Helen Eisenbach, Mark Hokoda, Anny Kim, Silvija Ozols, Sarah Rutledge, and Jennifer ...

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thomas Edison liked to say that he never failed. He succeeded every now and again with an invention that would change the ...

From King Charles II's table in England to the germy "penny licks" sold on London streets, to "hokey-pokey" and paper cups, ...

Innoskate research and public festivals spark the imaginations of young people through skate demonstrations, discussions with skaters and inventors, films, hands-on invention educational activities, ...

SpaghettiOs, the iconic ring-shaped pasta in zesty tomato and cheddar cheese sauce, was born from a demand for a kid-friendly meal that could be prepared in a pinch. The story begins in May 1965 ...

There are endless types of elaborate wire strippers available, but most DIYers (and many pros) prefer the simple versatility ...

Greenberg, Joshua and Hier, Sean 2001. Crisis, Mobilization and Collective Problematization: "illegal" Chinese migrants and the Canadian news media. Journalism ...