This year, Iowa sent 4 K-12 students to the National Invention Convention. 6th grader Charles Smith also took home awards. He won second place for 6th grade and Best Video presentation.

“I think that’s just amazing to see all these people from different stages in his life come together and support him ...

Jamaica Plain’s Kaia Minn won a state title for creating a biodegradable seed pouch designed to reforest areas devastated by wildfire or deforestation. The 12-year-old’s invention earned her the honor ...

Inventors have revolutionized the modern world -- but sometimes things don't go as planned. These inventors succumbed t to the dangers of their work.

The Wm. Chester Ruth Legacy Project, named for early-20th-century African American businessman, inventor and minister William Chester Ruth, took a group of historians, educators and others on a ...

The difference between life in 1800 and 1900 is extreme, as the pace of invention in the 19th century rapidly increased. This book, published in 1900, is an overview of the major areas of ...

It is a common belief by many people that the resonant-cavity magnetron was invented in February 1940 by Randall and Boot from Birmingham University. In reality, this is not the full story. Rather, it ...

Dr Philip Nitschke is hoping that doctors will embrace his Sarco pod, created with a 3D printer, when the assisted dying bill becomes law An Australian right-to-die campaigner has vowed to bring a ...

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