People strongly depend on farming even when living in the city. Agriculture supports our food needs, be it veggies and fruits, dairy, or meat. It provides the raw material for our clothes, home ...

Fax was a breakthrough when Alexander Bain invented it in the 19th century, allowing documents to travel faster and more reliably than ever before. For decades, fax revolutionized communication and in ...

Design Fail, 19th-Century Edition: 18 Patents That Didn’t Change The World Enough about world-changing designs. Here, drawings of 18 crackpot ideas, from fake leeches to walking stick guns, that never ...

Granville T. Woods was a pioneering inventor with nearly 60 patents to his name.Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Granville T. Woods was one of the most prolific Black inventors in the ...

Sure, the 19th-century invention transformed shopping. But it also revolutionized how we think about the built environment Megan Carpenter In an era of partial suffrage, these inventions helped women ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Today the task of laundry is simple. We load machines with clothes, add laundry detergent and softener, and check settings. But essentially, the ...