If you were, for whatever macabre reason, seeking the most catastrophic moment in the history of humankind, you might well settle on this: About 10,000 years ago, as people first began to domesticate ...

Discover 25 revolutionary inventions from the Industrial Age that changed the world forever. Explore the steam engine, spinning jenny, and more. See how th ...

Horace Dediu is trying to convince us all to accept a new word of his creation, innoveracy, to aid in explaining new products like Apple's iPhone. Truly ground breaking new products, ones that are ...

There are a handful of artifacts in the Smithsonian Institution that I call “signature Smithsonian objects.” One-of-a-kind objects, intimately associated with the Smithsonian, that visitors feel they ...

Got a great idea for an invention but not sure what to do with it? Follow these steps to turn your idea into a marketable product. The light bulb above your head is glowing so bright that it’s ...

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Many entrepreneurs, business owners and CEOs are regularly attempting to reinvent themselves and their businesses to gain market share and a competitive advantage with varying levels of success. The ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Steve Anderson In a world ...

An invention at the heart of our modern world helped create radios, cars and smartphones. The team from Planet Money traces the origins back to a fight over who invented the sewing machine. How do ...

Before the mirror was invented, we had glimpsed our own reflections in water, or in polished metals, but never really seen ourselves. It wasn’t until the development of the high-quality mirror-image ...