For each of the past 25 years, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. The first, published under a cover featuring the protracted Bush ...

History is full of military inventions that seem completely absurd—like bat bombs, exploding rats, or pigeon-guided missiles.

Many of the products we use and love today were discovered by chance, often when the inventor was trying to solve a completely different problem. It’s amazing how something that seems like a mistake ...

The word “invention” ignites thoughts of Leo da Vinci pouring over a flying machine sketch, Edison pacing the floor of his New Jersey workshop, and maybe that one Simpsons episode. But probably not ...

Australia has a long history of innovators, with some of the world’s most impactful inventions being created Down Under.