Most people would say Thomas Edison invented the electric lightbulb, but it wasn't really a singular invention that can be ...

With more than a thousand patents to his name, the legendary inventor's innovations helped define the modern world. Thomas Edison had a hand in inventing revolutionary devices such as the movie camera ...

It took a lot of people to create the light bulb. But a process of mythmaking has flattened one man and elevated him to ...

This post originally appeared in Business Insider. Thomas Edison did not try 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb, nor did he labor in a dusty workshop by himself. That’s according to David ...

One of the inventions that put this central New Jersey town on the map could go the way of the typewriter and the horse and buggy if some lawmakers have their way. The incandescent light bulb, ...

DALLAS -- Keys to the New Jersey lab where Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and some of the lightbulbs that he perfected sold for more than $60,000 at auction on Saturday. The keys sold for ...

An energy-saving light bulb containing LEDs uses up to 80% less energy and lasts up to 25 times as long as a traditional incandescent bulb. There’s just one problem: many people think that the quality ...

BRISTOL — As I write this I can hear the hum of fluorescent light bulbs above me as they light my office. I hadn’t given them much thought over the years unless one of the bulbs burned out. We take ...

When I turn on my lights I get a yellow glow for a bit then a bit of flicker followed by a proper, though slightly unsatisfying, light. That’s because incandescent bulbs are banned and I now have new ...