From spaghetti forks to massage helmets, Stacker compiled are some of the strangest inventions of the last couple hundred ...

Throughout human history, certain inventions have fundamentally transformed the way we live, work, and interact with one ...

The publisher of America’s first fashion magazine, Lady’s Book, who gushed: “Next to the plough, [the sewing machine] is ...

Hedy Lamarr, the "Mother of Wi-Fi," was also one of the most glamorous actresses of Hollywood's Golden Age.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For every groundbreaking creation humanity has ever cooked up, there’s at least one fever dream-y invention that leaves you ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

After 7,000 years of "drinking tubes" across many civilizations, two men reinvented the straw in the last 150 years. The first made it modern. The second made it bend. sketch bendy straw.jpg Image ...

1. Invention and innovation : a long history and modern infatuation -- 2. Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons -- 3. Inventions that were to ...

ON his visit to the White House last week, Taoiseach Micheal Martin was very quick to remind US President Donald Trump of the ...