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 ...

Together with Willard S. Boyle, he invented an imaging device that is an essential part of nearly every telescope, ...

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 ...

Every time an ice cream store, a street vendor or you personally at home, scoop out some ice cream, you have inventor Alfred L. Cralle to thank for that. Alfred L. Cralle was an African American ...

It's been such a success that Prabhu, Hammadelniel and their friend James won the Minnesota Cup competition, and took home $25,000 to move the invention forward. "I don't think I expected it to be ...

Read before the Boston Medical History Club, March 17, 1930. Coues — Surgeon to Outpatients, Massachusetts General Hospital. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue", page 969.

The transaction is part of a broader realignment by Dyno Nobel to separate its mining services and fertiliser divisions in a split it believes will unlock value and provide greater stability amid ...

More news: Shares in Dyno Nobel have gained in early trading after the company announced that it would sell its fertiliser distribution arm to Ridley Corporation for $375 million. Its shares were up 1 ...

The invention of close reading. By transforming quotations into evidence, close reading served as way to turn postwar criticism into a specialized knowledge. But what if we treated it more as an ...