Melitta Bentz invented the paper coffee filter in her kitchen, revolutionising filtration methods. Her discovery highlights ...

BPA and BPS are known endocrine disruptors that mimic estrogen and can upset hormonal balance. When you handle a receipt, ...

Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could "induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal ...

France's main Braille publisher is in financial crisis after a bold decision to sell its embossed books for the same price as standard ones. Its future raises the broader question of whether printed ...

Traditional RFID tags can’t be recycled. And those small tags add up: more than 40 billion RFID tags are made for single-use, ...

Nigerian singer and entrepreneur Mr Eazi has claimed that he coined the popular phrase “Detty December,” a slang that has ...

JOHN WALKER’S claim to fame as the man who invented the match has all but been extinguished over the passing of the centuries, but this ...

One hundred and fifty years ago this week, the St Helens Newspaper published an article hailing a new invention, writes Stephen Wainwright.

After graduating from Brown University, Thurber took a teaching role at Worcester Latin Grammar School, before becoming a principal and later opening an arms manufacturing company in 1831 with his ...

ONE day in 1826, chemist John Walker was in his home in Cleveland Row on the Quayside facing the River Tees in Stockton, tending to the fire.

YOU were probably one of the millions of people who pulled a cracker during your Christmas celebrations, something which in this country has been ...

Minnesota grapples with alleged fraud across state programs under Gov. Tim Walz, targeting COVID-19 food programs, housing ...