Asked to evaluate his son's abilities as an intellectual, the elder Edison said that he was, “absolutely illiterate, ...

Through experimentation and with skilled scientific and technical teams working in his modern and sophisticated laboratories, Thomas Edison, the chemist, is remembered for inventions that improved the ...

Thomas Edison was the king of invention ... all of which had a profound influence on modern life. But did you know that Edison once tried to tinker with the afterlife, too? He wanted to create ...

Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb, patented in 1880, made electric lighting practical, affordable, and long-lasting. It ...

Hear echoes of the Victorian age, captured in some of the world’s first audio recordings, in this video essay on the ...

A version of this article originally appeared on Most’s blog in 2015. Edison plays an important role in “The Race Underground.” He’s a brief mentor to a key character, Frank Julian ...

Today is the 170th anniversary of the birth of one the world's most famous inventors, Thomas Edison. Edison came up with lots of great inventions and here he stumbles upon an important development ...

In an exclusive interview with India Today News Director Rahul Kanwal, veteran journalist and geopolitical expert Fareed ...