Cosmologist PANKAJ S JOSHI writes that M K GANDHI was not against science only its misuse He conducted scientific experiments in his quest for truthAldous Huxley was among the first to brand M K Gandh ...

In 1954, there was also a very brief dalliance with a zip fly named 501z (the signature button fly is an original feature, as ...

From crank wheels to battlefield chaos, the journey to the first true machine gun is full of twists.

A 1900s Singer sewing machine represents a major shift in how we create and consume clothing.

In 1845, he built his first sewing machine and soon constructed an improved model, which he carried to the Patent Office in Washington to apply for a patent. He received the fifth United States patent ...

A “shrink it and pink it” approach has often been used to adapt products for women. But these reimagined objects challenge an ...

July 7, 1928 - Sliced bread first sold A Missouri bakery became the first to sell pre-sliced bread using a machine invented by Iowa native Otto Frederick Rohwedder.

That's when Winton came up with a revolutionary idea: Why not haul the cars inside a bigger car? By 1899, Winton created and sold what is now recognized as the first semi-truck.

A Dundalk-based company which invented the world’s first disposable 100pc compostable towels has had its pioneering work recognised internationally.

This machine was first made in 1813, and from 1841, it was capable of making lace with pattern, net, and outline. Finding one is extremely unusual because the cost of producing one is not ...