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Scientists didn't understand that bacteria caused disease, but then enter Louis Pasteur
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Years before "Steamboat Willie," this animated dog hammed it up onscreen
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IIIF frees images from the confines of individual websites
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Although the Postmaster General was on board with the idea of missile mail, the Navy was ultimately less interested
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In just a few hours, these tiny crawlers can eat more than their weight in food
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Floating on a lake over a collapsed coal mine, the power station in Anhui province can produce 40 megawatts of energy
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Last week, for the first time, a lawyer testified in court on behalf of abused pit bulls
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Adeline Gray was just 24, but she was already an experienced parachutist and a trained pilot
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Before the technology to reliably freeze water existed, the first rinks used pig fat and salts
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As countries grow richer, light pollution gets worse–but some are fighting to change that
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The shoes’ manufacturers harvest harmful algal blooms and turn the goo into footwear
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Will the Electron usher in a new era for satellites?
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But potential owners are required to transform the properties into tourist-friendly sites
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Margarine or butter? The question has deep roots, and you shouldn't even ask it in Wisconsin
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The nation plans to decommission its five nuclear plants and invest in renewables
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It was what's called a "prophetic patent"—one that isn't real yet
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"My friends, my policy is as radical as the Constitution of the United States," he said
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Thomas Midgley Jr.'s inventions have had an outsize impact—not all of it good—on humankind
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Science is leading the charge against copycats
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The glue, infused with a version of the protein decorin, healed wounds in rats, giving them skin with hair follicles and oil glands instead of scar tissue
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