A team of scientists led by the British Museum have unearthed the earliest known evidence of fire making, dating back over ...

Elon Musk recently opened up about the invention he feels has decreased people's quality of life in his latest interview with Katie Miller. The Tesla CEO also discussed probing topics like the future ...

The Byzantine Empire has marked world history in many significant ways, contributing ingenious inventions still in use to ...

The best part about older homes are the little surprises and quirks around every corner, such as the hidden bathroom storage ...

Celebrated Chinese electronics engineer who ‘kept his homeland in his heart’ while living overseas buried in Fujian with his ...

Fax was a breakthrough when Alexander Bain invented it in the 19th century, allowing documents to travel faster and more ...

Tai Po fire appeared to be product of cultural reliance on bamboo, a cautionary tale for tower-laden cities around the world ...

IT’S the sci-fi movie that enthralled a generation of kids. Back to the Future celebrates 40 years this week – sober news for ...

How Wilde’s haters and clever manipulation and promotion created the persona of the much loved Wilde. A book mapping Oscar Wilde’s tour of America claims this audacious unknown invented the idea of ...

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From palm-sized Chihuahuas to Great Danes that could pass for small horses, dogs today come in more shapes than any other mammal species on Earth. We often chalk that up to modern breeding that began ...

In that classic of Western cinema, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, the title character addresses a crowd in Jerusalem that has mistaken him for Jesus Christ. “You’ve got it all wrong,” he pleads. “You ...