Learn about Thomas Edison, the prolific American inventor known for his revolutionary inventions like the light bulb, ...

Sure, you can read about the Wright brothers in a book and learn how they converted their knowledge of bicycles into the world’s first airplane. Or you can head to suburban Detroit to tour the Wrights ...

Jacques designed and patented a talking doll, and Edison’s New Jersey factory—the Edison Phonograph Works—manufactured talking machines for inside the dolls. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to ...

“If you had been given the money you would have been six years ahead of us,” von Ohain told Whittle when they met years later. Both inventors happened to move to the U.S.—von Ohain in 1947 and Whittle ...

The five published novels in the series (from A Game of Thrones to A Dance of Dragons) amount to more than 200 hours of blood ...

Ironically, Edison was deaf yet still invented the phonograph. While he did create the working phonograph — his self-identified most important invention — the original invention wasn’t ...

Thomas Edison invented the phonograph on August 12, 1877. It "will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music," Edison predicted with stunning accuracy in 1878.

The 1916 Model T Henry Ford gave to his friend Thomas Edison reaches a top speed of 45 miles per hour.

Over the weekend thieves broke into the Butchertown home where famed inventor Thomas Edison once lived.

Among all his inventions, the original Edison Standard Phonograph is one that still turns up from time to time, even in working order.