Do you know who Walter Hunt was? I am guessing you probably do not recognize the name, but he made a significant contribution that we all have used. In 1849 he invented the safety pin. He received his ...

A new, interdisciplinary course at the Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has students teaming up to solve problems in their communities with their own ingenuity and inventions.

NASA have got big plans when it comes to long-duration human space travel but they also have a big problem needing solved. If ...

For a long time, the toaster has been attributed to a Brit named Alan MacMasters. But recent evidence contradicts that claim.

Joyce E. Chaplin is the James Duncan Phillips professor of early American history at Harvard University and author of the ...

Here are some top highlights from the 2025 Oscars.

I want my old life back, the one where I didn’t kill anybody and I could still afford sushi,” moans ambitious, buttoned-up ...

Sport was a joyous business for the great Frank Keating: let’s hope for an uplifting Dublin classic in his memory.

The U.S. patent system feels to me an awful lot like the Titanic right now. The Trump Administration is withdrawing employment offers to patent examiners and firing examiners still within their ...

There were 569 films released theatrically in the U.S. and Canada in 2024; at this Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, a mere thirteen ...

“Democracy dies in exchange for billionaire kickbacks” Indivisible Guide’s Leah Greenberg wrote on X. “A disgusting, gutless ...

Colleges are supposed to comply with the administration’s recent guidance by the end of the week. But it’s hard to tell which ...