On March 10, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell revolutionized the way we communicate when the first discernible human voice traveled over wire from one person to another.

For Rooney, the history of timekeeping has many pivotal moments - but three he picks out when talking to DCD are the invention of the pendulum and the balance spring in the 1600s, and centuries later, ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

A back up GPS proposal has caused a high-stakes FCC battle between NextNav’s 5G ambitions and the Z-Wave symphony powering billions of IoT devices.

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Antonito, Colorado, isn’t just a train ride—it’s a time machine that happens to run on coal, water, and the kind of engineering that makes you wonder how people ...

The biggest mistake that people tend to make with their smart thermostats is failing to take advantage of its many features to maximize comfort in the home.

After finishing at UT, her life would become much quieter, but the music never stopped. In 2009, she married John Ballard, a TVA engineer who had played in the band at Hixson High. They would later ...

Discover how Dr. Gladys West, a Virginia mathematician and GPS pioneer, helped shape modern navigation — spotlighted for Black History Month.

GPS has become indispensable both for military operations and everyday American life. But our reliance on it makes us vulnerable to adversaries that have devised ways to jam or intercept the satellite ...

Throughout history, certain works of art have done far more than decorate walls or fill galleries they have reshaped how we see the world. These pieces challenged conventions, introduced radical ...

MILTON — The Milton House Museum’s Hops & History series returns with three new sessions for its spring program. Held at Good Works Brewing Co., 237 Parkview Drive, the monthly speaker-lead sessions ...