The 24-second shot clock monument in Armory Square — a tribute to one of Syracuse’s greatest contributions to basketball — is ...

Any schoolchild knows who came up with the telephone or the sewing machine. But conventional wisdom often has it all wrong.

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A full-scaled replica of Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine, called an ornithopter, is suspended from the ceiling at the entrance of the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of North America in downtown Pueblo.

Throughout history, men and women have changed the world. From space exploration and scientific breakthroughs to breaking sports records, here are 5 firsts that have taken humans into new and ...

Nikola Tesla was not just an inventor. Tesla was a visionary whose inventions and ideas transcended the limits of space and time, shaping our modern world in ways that most people might not even be ...

That satisfying shift from idea to reality makes the New York Commissioners’ plan “the most courageous act of prediction in Western Civilization”, according to the architect Rem Koolhaas. It wasn’t ...

Monica Pearson goes one on one with the Super Soaker inventor and former NBA Executive Pete Babcock Lonnie Johnson talks about his billion-dollar idea, the Super Soaker & former NBA Executive Peter ...

Imagine a world where your wildest dreams hold the key to groundbreaking innovations. Throughout history, many inventors and creators have credited their nighttime visions with inspiring some of the ...