The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative. John Logie Baird with his transmitting station on March 19, ...

On the first Thanksgiving weekend of President Donald Trump’s second term, the Washington Post published a serious scoop about the administration. The Post reported that US military forces, after ...

Some Gen Z-ers first entered the markets during the pandemic’s meme stock craze. They have since become more patient investors. By Alicia Adamczyk When Mamadou-Hady Sow turned 18 in May 2020, his ...

The Trump administration is once more invoking upside-down alibis of state to conjure the bogus specter of imminent threat. A sign in Minneapolis commemorates the killing of Renee Good. There was the ...

Memes of the Secretary of State Marco Rubio have flooded the internet, as his list of governmental responsibilities expands and his public profile grows. The former Florida senator has become the face ...

Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “What is art?” Art is something people make to share ideas or feelings. It can make others think or feel something too. Art can ...

James Moylan, who thought up the little arrow on your gas gauge that tells you what side of the car your fuel filler sits, has passed away. Moylan was a Ford interior trim designer who came up with ...

As 2025 comes to a close, people turn to the highlights of what made the year special…or at least bearable. There were plenty of viral trends and memes that took over the internet this year, though ...

It’s a weird time to be a journalist. Digital news archives are disappearing. Generative AI is giving em dashes a bad name. Layoffs. Consolidations. Buyouts. Burnout. Countless, daily insults from the ...

The origins of nuclear power are complicated because it wasn't discovered by a single person. Nuclear power is a product of many scientists and engineers who worked across generations and borders.

When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than earlier light sources, and they made more activities, for both work and play, ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For many, iRobot’s Roomba robot vacuum was their first experience with a home robot. When I got my Roomba in ...