When I was finally granted an interview with Sir James Dyson to talk about the invention of the cordless stick vacuum, I was ...

Credit typically goes to inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison. But the actual story is more complicated and interesting.

Kwanzaa is a nonreligious, secular holiday that is mainly celebrated in North America and the Caribbean. What does Kwanzaa mean in Swahili? The word Kwanzaa is derived from the the last word of the ...

Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Lite-Brite and Mouse Trap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer's creations arrived in the ...

The invention of the battery allowed electrical energy to be stored and utilized in ways no other technology previously could. In many respects, it literally laid the foundation for modern electronics ...

Thanksgiving falls on Nov. 27 this year, continuing the tradition of the holiday falling on Thursday each year. The history of Thanksgiving being on Thursday dates back to colonial times, when ...

Ashely Claudino is an Evergreen Staff Writer from Portugal. She has a Translation degree from the University of Lisbon (2020, Faculty of Arts and Humanities). Nowadays, she mostly writes Fortnite and ...

When do clocks change? Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, as clocks fall back one hour. It will mean most people in the U.S. and Canada gain an extra hour of sleep as standard time ...

(NEXSTAR) — The days seem to be getting shorter and the temperatures are falling, both clear signs that we’re barreling toward winter. Before we get there, however, most of the U.S. must undergo the ...

University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than ...

Tylenol is at the top of everyone’s minds today after President Trump announced a label change from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that states using the medication during pregnancy can lead to ...