Tube light is a slang used to describe nitwits. We are all too familiar with the bulb switching on in comic stips. And, of course, they save us from having to live in the dark ages. But how much ...

Everyone knows Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Holonyak should receive the same treatment, since he, in a way, invented the modern equivalent. Though not his only invention, by far Holonyak ...

While Thomas Edison may be known as the man who invented the light bulb, it can be argued that Nikola Tesla is the one who turned it on. Before the booming tech revolution of Silicon Valley ...

You might have learned in school that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, but the truth is much stranger (public domain) It has been known for a long time that passing a current through a wire ...

Even the light bulb, which was created by Joseph Swan in 1880, came from these shores. Meanwhile, 88 per cent were not aware the cat flap was, allegedly, invented by Sir Isaac Newton so his cat ...