17 July 2023
The first scientific study of 18th-century paper money printed by Benjamin Franklin reveals that the inventor developed innovations that paved the way for modern currencies
14 April 2023
Some of the most important inventions – wheels, nets and the written word – have creators lost to time, even though their impact shaped the world we live in
17 June 2021
An analysis of 444,000 US biomedical patents shows that women-majority inventor teams are more likely to patent technology that can help women – but such teams are severely underrepresented
14 October 2020
When nobody else would build a phone network in the rural Mexican community of Talea de Castro, they decided to go it alone. Connected tells their story and makes for fascinating reading
5 July 2019
If you happen to be passing through Chard, a small town in Somerset, England, you may be surprised to see signs welcoming you to the "birthplace of powered flight".
5 July 2019
Uruk, 5,500 years ago. The Sumerian city is a splendid sight, the largest and richest human settlement the world has ever seen.
28 June 2019
Robert Hooke made important contributions to numerous areas of science, including some of the first studies of living things using microscopes.
