While working as a porter, Alfred L. Cralle witnessed how hard it was to serve ice cream cones one-handed. He saved the day ...

With the highest level of instruction at Yale, David immersed himself in math, geometry, religion and the natural sciences.

Globally, the Iron Age has long been attributed to the Hittite Empire in Anatolia, where iron technology is believed to have ...

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.

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Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.

Before the invention of the polio vaccine, the iron lung supported patients whose lungs were weakened or paralyzed by polio. This is its impact today.

At the time of its invention, the iron lung was widely regarded as a cutting-edge mechanical ventilator. Despite its limitations, “the device spurred innovations in ventilator design and ...

An American billionaire's plans to build a country house in an English village could be delayed by a possible Iron Age hillfort near the site. Ronald Burkle, a businessman and the executive ...

Around 2,000 years ago, before the Roman Empire conquered Great Britain, women were at the very front and center of Iron Age society. Researchers have sequenced the genomes of around 50 Celtic Britons ...

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and matrilocal, with women holding status and influence. A study published ...

"But archaeology, and now genetics, implies women were influential in many spheres of Iron Age life," he said. "Indeed, it is possible that maternal ancestry was the primary shaper of group ...