Not all inventions start with a plan. Some came from failed experiments that turned into something useful when someone paid ...

This is the unbelievable true story of Bob Deemer, the self-taught engineer who tried to build a military warplane in his backyard—using scrap parts, homemade tools, and ideas no one else dared to try ...

Kevin Lieber of Vsauce2 examines how an ancient scholar’s mathematical discovery pioneered our modern zero.

The Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C. highlights America's 250-year legacy of invention and innovation. The National Museum of American History showcases how US ingenuity, from the early ...

American ingenuity is singular — it has elevated the world and made life easier and safer for millions here and around the ...

Researchers at South Dakota State University have spent two years creating a vaccine to fight avian metapneumovirus subtype B ...

Francis Ferrari, a French ophthalmologist, invented a controversial procedure that can change eye color. People from around ...

Stretching protein samples in all directions pulls molecules farther apart, allowing them to be visualized using only light ...

A low-angle view of an IBM logo sign in front of a modern glass office building. - Framalicious/Shutterstock What do you think of when you hear the name IBM? Maybe ...

Approximately 145 million: That's the number of specimens—including plants, animals, minerals, and human artifacts—curators estimate are held in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Artificial Intelligence is the future of innovation, and may very well be the future of the U.S. economy. Yet, despite this reality, AI patents are being scrutinized more aggressively than almost any ...

Engineers at Stanford University have developed a high-efficiency, battery/solar-operated, autonomous microscope with integrated artificial intelligence that automatically diagnoses malaria in blood ...