If someone told you there’s a museum in Texas dedicated exclusively to barbed wire, you’d probably assume they were joking or possibly suffering from heat stroke. But the Devil’s Rope Museum in McLean ...

Leigh argues three forces underpin most innovation: tinkering, teamwork and trade. New ideas alone aren’t enough.

You start to see what history noticed — and what it didn’t. For Women’s History Month, my colleagues and I pored over hundreds of obituaries in The New York Times archives. Our new project, which we ...

The first telephone call was made 150 years ago. Cincinnati was one of the first cities to embrace the invention that changed ...

The best inventions are often the simplest ones, and in Springfield, Illinois, you can taste an original creation that changed the sandwich game forever. The Maid-Rite didn’t just make a great ...

International Women's Day is celebrated annually on March 8, and in 2026, it falls on a Sunday. Google is celebrating the day with a special doodle to honour women who have made significant advances ...

On International Women’s Day, we recognize and celebrate the incredible contributions of women throughout history. Women have ...

The patent for the telephone turns 150 on March 7; the first call was made three days later on March 10, 1876. Related ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has drawn negative attention for his comment that the press has emphasized casualties in the Iran war because it wants to make President Donald Trump look bad.

Race did not spread because it was scientifically persuasive. It spread because it served very human interests.” ...

Every AI-mediated decision in commerce — a product match, a logistics authorisation, a supplier selection, a real-time delivery assignment, a food security coordination — generates a cryptographic ...

Throughout the 20th century, each decade had its own unique set of inventions that left their mark on history. Curious about ...