Eugene Polley should be ther most popular man on the planet. He left a legacy of leisure that billions of people lean upon each and every day, often for hours on end. Polley, a self-taught mechanical ...

The groundbreaking invention of the microwave oven changed the landscape of domestic cooking after its unexpected discovery in the mid-20th century. An electric oven that uses electromagnetic ...

Photo: Photo by Erich Andres/United Archives via Getty Images Today, skiing is a behemoth. Millions of visitors crowd slopes worldwide, wearing fancy, ever-evolving gear. But skiing wasn’t always an ...

The Internet: You love it; you need it; you can't live without it. But who invented it? No single person invented the Internet. It was the result of years of collaboration during the long history of ...

From beehive-shaped ice pits in Iran to 17th-century European kitchens, ice cream’s evolution reveals how science, sugar, and ...

The air is getting cooler, pumpkin spice lattes are back and Labor Day has passed. Folks, fall football season is here. The NFL kicks things off Thursday, Sept. 5, with a matchup between the Baltimore ...

The inquiry "Who invented the sewing machine?" has kept a lot of people talking for many, many years by many different people in many different sewing communities, and rightfully so. The sewing ...

Borland founder Philippe Kahn takes credit but CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos begs to differ. In this case a picture tells much less than a thousand words. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at ...