Inventors, pioneers, trailblazers and innovators-these women all earned their place in history by making a global impact in ...

These five “exotic” weapons prove that humanity’s most dangerous asset isn’t gunpowder or GPS; it’s not having a full ...

A Rock Springs inventor’s panoramic camera revolutionized photography in 1905. He developed a camera that swiveled with a ...

With Inter Milan, Juventus, Manchester United and Real Madrid having all tried to sign Pele, the Brazilian government, under ...

On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of what would ultimately become a global telephone network.

Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband, Albert, filed for the patent in 1966 and received approval three years later.

The government rolled out a longer, harder exam this month for aspiring Americans. More than 350,000 Washington Post readers ...

Every day has a story. A date on the calendar carries its own echoes from the past. But what makes October 9 stand out? What events unfolded on this day across decades and centuries — in distant lands ...

The notice offered a $10,000 prize to anyone who could invent a substitute for ivory in billiard balls. Playing pool was a booming leisure activity at the time, but the demand for ivory was already ...

Built in 1938 by Edwin Howard Armstrong, the 425-foot structure remains one of the tallest landmarks in Bergen County.

The man who invented the web is aware of the many issues it faces, from problematic social media use to the rise of ...

Oct. 18 (UPI) --On this day in history: In 1776, the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania was established. Dubbed the "Mason-Dixon" line, it became the unofficial boundary between North and South.