On July 25th, 1978, in the northwest of England, a baby was born. On its surface, that’s not a big statement — babies are born every single day. But this birth attracted media attention from around ...

Cathryn Carson is professor of history of science, past director of the Office for History of Science and Technology and chair of the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley.

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

Section 1. Purpose. The American story is one of boundless creativity and bold ambition, driven by an indomitable pioneering spirit that propels exploration and discovery. It is this spirit that ...

On May 7, 1981, influential physicist Richard Feynman gave a keynote speech at Caltech. Feynman opened his talk by politely rejecting the very notion of a keynote speech, instead saying that he had ...

If this is true, the invention of a tool to remove the cork can’t be too far behind in importance. The story of the corkscrew is one of ingenious creativity. Originally derived from early firearms ...

Recently a paper named “The Contribution of Ukrainian scientists to the Formation of the IIT Bombay (1950–1970s) within the ...

India has given the world some of the foremost scientists, whose contributions have helped pave the way for modern science, ...