On this day 163 years and one day ago, an Indianapolis inventor patented a weapon that forever changed warfare with the ...

I n another blow to the image of Neanderthal as brutish troglodyte, we’ve identified the tools the ancient hominin used to ...

More than 70 years ago, an auto parts maker had an it’s-so-simple-it’s-brilliant idea — replace your car’s oil filter with a roll of toilet paper.

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In what could be an industry shifting breakthrough, researchers have created a screen about the size of a human pupil with a ...