Donald Trump sparked online reaction after claiming he invented a word that has existed for centuries, prompting swift fact-checks and social media debate. 2 GOP senators back effort to nullify Donald ...

It isn’t hard to think that Jeff Bezos left his role as Amazon.com’s CEO to enjoy a slower life filled with yachting and celebrity parties. But he would most certainly object to that characterization.

University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than ...

Tim Berners-Lee may have the smallest fame-to-impact ratio of anyone living. Strangers hardly ever recognize his face; on “Jeopardy!,” his name usually goes for at least sixteen hundred dollars.

Donald Trump has had a fascination with words recently. First, it was groceries. On Monday, the president claimed he invented a “new word” while talking about his proposal to lower drug prices by 80%.

Whether a film is a documentary or a fictional drama, all modern cinema is in a sense docu-fictional, because most viewers know that a documentary is carefully crafted to yield a narrative and that ...

The Library Company reading room on Juniper Street in Philadelphia c. 1935, one of the group’s main locations from 1880 to 1935. The Library Company of Philadelphia Founding father Benjamin Franklin ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For six months in 1893, Chicago was abuzz. More than 27 million ...

Alfred L. Cralle optimized his invention for one-handed use by adding a thumb grip and a scraping tool that kept food from sticking to the scooper. Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images ...

The Invention of Good and Evil: A World History of Morality. By Hanno Sauer. Translated by Jo Heinrich. Oxford University Press; 416 pages; $29.99. Profile; £25 Trial by boiling water was not as bad ...

While the exact date at which human beings began to run remains shrouded in the mysteries of time, evolutionary biologists believe it to be about 2 to 3 million years ago. Dan Lieberman, a professor ...

You’re probably reading this over Wi-Fi. Today marks the 25th anniversary of this transformative technology—a milestone that reminds us just how integral Wi-Fi has become in our daily lives. For Gen Z ...