In 1878, Thomas Edison — already an internationally famous inventor in his early 30s, set out to create an incandescent light bulb that provided ... a device he soon discovered for which there ...

The supposed discovery of a new element in the ancient ... having a practical end in view—the constitution of mantles for incandescent gaslights. Didymium has been long suspected of not being ...

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world. Physics experiments have changed the ...

Now that incandescent bulbs are on the way out, LED bulbs are a clear choice, but there are things to keep in mind when buying them. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer ...

Researchers made the astonishing discovery during a 30-day expedition aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel “Falkor (too)” to explore an undersea volcano off Central America ...

Summers says she was brought to tears when she was reached by phone with news of the discovery by Jimmy Chin, the National Geographic director, photographer, and climber who was leading the ...

Discover the differences between the classic Easy-Bake Oven and the Ultimate Oven! Learn how each model bakes, safety ...

This terminology, ‘collagen vascular disease,’ persists in usage more than seventy years after its introduction. Lupus in the modern era (1948-present) The sentinel event which heralded the modern era ...

Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of the ancient reptile dating back some 237 million years. Named Gondwanax paraisensis, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small ...

This Saturday, October 12, a documentary film about the discovery of the ship “Endurance” by the great Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton will be presented at the London Film Festival.

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In a word: Chaos. That is the conventional understanding. Now, a researcher from the University of Copenhagen has discovered that such encounters often avoid chaos and instead follow regular ...