The mathematician John Koza was hired to make the games more secure; he succeeded in making the modern-day scratch card. He’s told Johnny I’Anson how he convinced the state-run lotteries to use his ...

Stimson's essay concluded: "With the release of atomic energy, man's ability to destroy himself is very nearly complete. The ...

In short, Glasgow’s “history of invention and change” plays out in its photography as restlessness. The city refuses to ...

More than just a watchmaker, Abraham-Louis Breguet was a pioneer whose inventions revolutionised timekeeping. His creations ...

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and California innovations and innovators will be featured on $1 coins the Mint will issue in 2026 ...

From the sticky situation that led to Spray-On Skin to the burnt offering that birthed potato chips, history is littered with happy accidents that have made our lives easier, tastier, and, ...

Modern Marvels launched, as Time Machine, on A&E in 1993 before moving to The History Channel in 1995. It has covered areas ...

A new exhibition exploring many years of photography in Berwick-upon-Tweed is opening at the town’s Granary Gallery this weekend.

The same Europe that painted God and Adam white also painted Africa dark — the myth of the “Dark Continent” was the secular echo of the religious lie that holiness and whiteness were the same. These ...

In Qing-era Suzhou, color prints were a popular and affordable art form for everyday people. As such, they have long lacked ...

The Michigan Science Center is hosting a special sports-themed Community Free Day Saturday titled Motor City Game Changers!

Closer to home, in the 1970s Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams were co-recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize as leading ...