A new exhibition surveys the career of the Cuban-born Wifredo Lam, who added generously to the canon of modern art.

This film tells the secret story of the proximity fuse, one of the most important but least-known inventions of World War II.

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

The Amber Room was once called the 8th wonder of the world. A dazzling chamber completely adorned with Amber Panels was the ...

Sometimes we take things we have around for granted. Basically, we assume that this one useful thing we always have available will be like this whenever we travel around the world. And then we learn ...

The Nobel is an annual award for those who have done the most for the fraternity and abolition of war in favor of peace in the world. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes that were ...

Now US President Trump is adding a new twist by loosening US fuel economy rules as a way to reduce the upfront cost of new ...

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

A GROUNDBREAKING Filipino innovation is gaining international attention after its debut at the 2025 World Barista ...

The invention of the wheel aside, the lighting of the first fire is probably the best-known cartoonists’ trope about early humans. With good reason. Controlling fire is one of humanity’s most ...

Switzerland’s iconic milk chocolate, considered one of the country’s greatest inventions alongside the wristwatch and the ...

Today, it is hard to imagine a world without recorded audio, and for the most part that started with Edison’s invention of ...