And today, so many of those innovations are laser-focused on the environment: As climate concerns only intensify, there’s ...

With all the great inventions of the modern world, can no one create accommodations for our bags? Not just at restaurant ...

The urge to become invisible goes back a long way. Hunters and soldiers have been finding ways to camouflage themselves for centuries, but scientists are edging closer to truly making things invisible ...

6."Everything being 'smart.' Things have become so smart that they've gone full circle and are now just dumb and unusable." ...

NYIT engineering students partnered with nonprofits Spectrum and AHRC Nassau to create devices to make the workplace more ...

NYSID) is hosting a competition where students are tasked with creating inventions to assist individuals with disabilities.

For people with limited hand and arm mobility, it can be tough to play video games, which are generally controlled using small buttons and joysticks. And while some gamers and small companies have ...

Audience editors: Samantha Cooney, Annabel Gutterman, Soo Jin Kim, Kat Moon, and Kimberly Tal Copy editors: Helen Eisenbach, Mark Hokoda, Anny Kim, Silvija Ozols, Sarah Rutledge, and Jennifer ...

Used in Greek theater to announce the entrances and exits of the gods, the original thunder-making machine was invented by Heron of Alexandria in the first century CE. Pulling the lever opens a trap ...

The slow cooker of the ancient world, the tagine has been a staple in North African kitchens for centuries. The Berbers of ...