Electric mini pumps seem to be the hot new bike accessory. Here's why you might want one, even if I'm unconvinced after ...

George Westinghouse was a natural inventor and tinkerer whose work literally helped illuminate the world at the end of the ...

Toward the end of the 19th century, electromagnetism became popular ... including this Davis & Kidder’s Patent Magneto-Electric Machine. This device was marketed and sold to doctors and ...

In this episode, we embark on a thrilling adventure to uncover the secrets of an abandoned 19th-century farmhouse that once belonged to the enigmatic Crowley family. Immerse yourself in the life ...

New York City had a horse problem in the last 19th-century ... going on to drive the next American century. But electric cars would make a comeback. When 25 all-electric taxis began operation ...

Mr. Azhar is an investor and the founder of “Exponential View,” a podcast and newsletter on technology. Whatever you hear about the United States as a fading power, it is ahead in the race to ...

In the 19th Century, a handful of scientists were gripped with a strange obsession – that electricity might be harnessed to make plants grow better. Could they have been on to something?

A stereoscopic image of a 19th century parlor. Image via Library of Congress When we first saw the house where we now live, it had hardly any electric lights or outlets — fewer than one per room. Bare ...

The small, picturesque town of Godalming, nestled among the low hills of southeast England, became the first town in the world to install a public electricity supply, in September 1881. Demand ...

Hypotheses are one thing, but the discovery of an efficient and relatively inexpensive way to conduct electricity in the 19th century is what really changed the field for physicians. Static ...