Technology and progress explode at an exponential rate, especially today. But what about the year you were born? What was a big deal that year? What had just come out that changed the world? There is, ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. Inventions are the building blocks of civilization, shaping everything from our daily routines to the entire global economy. From the ...

In 2000 TIME’s editors sat down to select three inventions of the year, one each in consumer technology, medical science, and basic industry. They found so many interesting ones along the way that ...

Its bland exterior belies a dynamic world full of surprises Shi En Kim - Reporter Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the ...

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Though technically not a planet, it has as rich geology as any of its planetary siblings in the solar system Shi En Kim - Reporter A color-enhanced photo of Pluto that was captured by the New Horizons ...

Inspiration is unfair. Most inventors get a miserly one or two good ideas during their careers, while it rewards a select few with a string of amazing discoveries. J. Mark Powell is a novelist, former ...

Legos have come a long way since the first sets arrived in the U.S. in the early 1960s. What began as a simple child’s toy has mushroomed into an empire of theme parks, movies, and, of course, bricks.

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