ATLANTA — Engineer and entrepreneur Dr. Lonnie Johnson created the billion-dollar toy that became a staple of childhood summers—but that success was only the beginning. From growing up in the ...

The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative. John Logie Baird with his transmitting station on March 19, ...

Unless you worked for Ford’s plastics, paint and vinyls division in the 1980s, you probably don’t know the name Jim Moylan. But you might well know the idea that made this unknown engineer who ...

Critic Deirdre McArdle selects her best books of the year, featuring Irish writers, an AI office romance, and a brilliant book for children and parents alike Roisín O’Donnell has written an absorbing, ...

A new home is being built in Market Harborough to encourage the world's fastest animal to settle down and raise a family. A pair of peregrine falcons - which can reach speeds of more than 300 km/h ...

Earlier this year, Roisín O’Donnell started to get stories from strangers. Direct messages on Instagram. People approaching her to share a quiet word after book signings. Confidences exchanged over ...

It isn’t hard to think that Jeff Bezos left his role as Amazon.com’s CEO to enjoy a slower life filled with yachting and celebrity parties. But he would most certainly object to that characterization.

As a higher education professor, I’ve spent nearly two decades studying the rituals of the college-going process, including the transition from high school to college. Yet, no research article or ...

Julian Brown, a 21-year-old Chicago inventor known for his Plastoline invention that converts plastic into fuel, has sparked concern online due to his recent disappearance from social media. His last ...

Three species of beach-nesting birds can be seen at Wrightsville Beach during the summer. Least terns, common terns, and black skimmers will migrate south for the winter. The south end of Wrightsville ...