Simply put, everything is not what it seems when it comes to the inspiration behind some of history's most recognizable ...

In his jaw-dropping Unnecessary Studio in Burlington, the inventor creates real solutions to fake problems and has become an internet sensation along the way.

Photographs by Jo Whaley for TIME; Inventions from left: On Cloudboom Strike LightSpray, Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System, Agility Robotics Digit holding Light Bio Firefly Petunias ...

Every year for over two decades, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. To compile this year's list, we solicited nominations ...

A home-grown habitat on Mars might sound like science fiction. But Lynn Rothschild, a senior research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, has worked for years to bring that fiction to ...

Innoskate research and public festivals spark the imaginations of young people through skate demonstrations, discussions with skaters and inventors, films, hands-on invention educational activities, ...

Bloomberg / Getty Images World-changing inventions like the printing press, the radio, and the internet opened new ways for people to communicate and share knowledge. In many cases, blockchain ...

Investopedia / Kobus Louw Inventions like the spinning jenny and the water wheel transformed the way that goods were produced and energy was harnessed during the Industrial Revolution in Great ...

The question of who invented television is a complicated one. It can’t really be tied to one person. Several people in several countries were working on the same thing at the same time.

Engineer George de Mestral was walking his dogs in the meadows of the Swiss Alps. When they returned home, he noticed that burr seed pods were stuck on his dogs’ fur! He even found some stuck to his ...