Throughout human history, certain inventions have fundamentally transformed the way we live, work, and interact with one ...

Beulah Louise Henry was just nine years old when she came up with her first invention in 1896, a device that allowed a man to ...

Revolutionary inventions from the 1920s, including medical breakthroughs like insulin and everyday innovations like Band-Aids, sliced bread, and the polygraph.

Humans are highly creative and inventive creatures, and this quality has enabled them to make giant leaps forward throughout ...

To determine TIME’s annual unranked list, we consider hundreds of inventions from around the world. In the past, we’ve ...

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 ...

The history of human progress is usually defined by brilliant minds solving the world’s most pressing issues, but sometimes, that creative spark lands on something entirely unnecessary. We live in a ...

Digital mapping services have changed how people navigate the physical world, steering traffic to the “best route” according to intricate algorithms. In 2007, Google added something new: photos of ...

The event brought together students from Alanson, Boyne City, Boyne Falls, East Jordan, Northport and Petoskey to showcase ...

New research reveals how the invention of a crucial Ice Age technology helped humans defend against extreme cold during ancient global migrations.

The University of California secured more U.S. utility patents than any other university in the world last year, according to rankings released today by the National Academy of Inventors. The No. 1 ...