Mark Twain sent the following note to the London correspondent of the New York Journal, “The report of my death is greatly exaggerated.” The famous author’s statement informing the newspaper of their ...

Officials are warning people to avoid a rural portion of Wilson Road, where a tractor-trailer carrying ‘blasting agents’ tipped over.

From Edvard Munch's "Scream" and Gustav Vigeland's sculptures to the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo is a treasure trove of sites.

Read on to discover why the inventors of these 19 creations wish they'd left these ideas firmly on the scrap heap. Orville ...

the inventor of dynamite. But the legend suggests that the obituary was scathing, calling Alfred Nobel a “merchant of death” and an inventor of a way of killing people faster than ever before.

Alfred Nobel was born on October 21 ... he held pacifist beliefs and envisioned that his inventions could ultimately bring about peace. He famously expressed a desire to “see the end of war ...

The Nobel Prizes were established by Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will, aiming to honor advancements in science, literature, and peace. The first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 was ...

And they started because of this guy, Alfred Nobel. He was an engineer and inventor who was born in Sweden in 1833. One of his most famous inventions was dynamite. It was really useful for ...

While all Nobel Prizes are awarded in Sweden, the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway. This was Nobel's specific wish, though no one is entirely sure why he wanted it this way ...