Before the invention of the polio vaccine, the iron lung supported patients whose lungs were weakened or paralyzed by polio.

It has been a pleasure in past columns to share my opinion of the two greatest inventions of all time: sticky notes and wheels on suitcases.

As global demand for electricity rises, innovations are emerging to reduce consumption and reliance on non-renewable energy sources. These groundbreaking technologies aim to make energy use more ...

Marvel Comics has always had super-geniuses leading the way as heroes and villains, and here are the smartest characters in ...

Chennai: In the summer of 2022, a team from Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology unearthed 160 burial urns at Sivagalai ...

ONLY A FEW short decades ago, camping was a whole different animal. Most campers looking to "rough it" hoofed it into the woods under their own power, wearing all cotton clothes and weather-beaten ...

The classics you may already know, and the hidden gems that deserve more attention – as chosen by Philip Womack ...

I have exciting news! I recently passed the Naturalization Test for US Citizenship! I will be honored to swear allegiance to ...

TV cameras broadcasting from the House of Lords chamber. Proceedings were televised on BBC1 and BBC2 for the first time on 23 ...

Among the Korean slate for 2025 is an exceedingly rare animated movie. It comes from the Seoul-based Climax Studio, best ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient ...

Geneticist Lara Cassidy wasn't surprised to find several generations of the same family buried in an Iron Age cemetery near Dorset, England. But she was quite surprised to find most of them were ...