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

It’s not an accident that the Oscars, Emmys, and Tonys all have names typically used for people (though they’re not all named ...

The two American innovators – Thomas Edison, the inventor of both the electric light bulb and the phonograph, and Henry Ford, pioneer of the automobile – were good friends who built their ...

The history goes back to 1935. William Maxson of West Orange developed the idea of freezing already cooked foods and then packaging them inside reheatable containers to be served on troop transports.

Hello, and welcome back to This Week in History! Writing this column always feels like an adventure, especially after returning from nearly a two-month break.

DAME Prue Leith is known by most for her top-class cooking skills and honest judgement on Great British Bake Off. But many people might be unaware of her other secret talent – engineering ...

In the latest episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 16, Amitabh Bachchan responded to a young contestant's query related to Aishwarya Rai's beauty tips. Here's what he said.

Going all the way back to Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, as Pelly notes in her book, entrepreneurs have been trying to quantify consumers’ listening habits. From iTunes to ...

Of course, Thomas Edison comes to mind. Known as the Wizard of Menlo Park, Edison, who moved to New Jersey as an adult, invented many things in the Garden State, including the electric light bulb, the ...