Canadian inventions have transformed everyday life in surprising ways, even if most people don’t know they began here.

Women invented the fire escape, windshield wipers and Kevlar. Hedy Lamarr, though better known for her beauty and career as a movie star, was a prolific inventor. She devised the frequency-hopping ...

Reddit user u/forgeris recently asked, "What's an invention that quietly changed the world but doesn't get enough credit?" Thousands of people shared their thoughts, and I'm honestly so fascinated by ...

EDINBURGH -- What has Scotland ever done for us? Plenty, it turns out. The land that gave the world haggis and tartan has produced so much more, from golf and television to Dolly the Sheep and "Grand ...

Humans are naturally curious and creative, two traits that have led our species to many scientific and technological breakthroughs. Since our earliest ancestors bashed a rock on the ground to make the ...

Do you know how many of the world's most important and money-making inventions are based on ripped-off ideas? From LEGO to ...

It was predicted 50 years ago that by 2008 we’d vacation on the moon, drive flying cars, and wear wristwatch-sized video conferencing systems. Here’s Time Magazine’s list of the years top 50 ...

There are many great and wonderful inventions in the world, but this isn't one of them; it really isn't. And the invention in question is me. For, yes, much of me is invented: dreamed up and cobbled ...

In the village of Nedre Vats, on the edge of a 700 metre-deep fjord in the west of Norway, there is a white wooden house with a small red barn. This is the home of the Hattelands, village merchants ...

Thanks to a whopping eight-figure donation from the Serum Institute of India (the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer), the ...