Paper made during the Western Han Dynasty ... and thence to Europe. China's four great ancient inventions made tremendous contributions to the world's economy and the culture of mankind.

The word "invention" usually brings elite tech inventors to mind. Without Thomas Edison, we wouldn't have light. Without ...

The first scientific paper on LASER (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) was published by two Bell Laboratory scientists Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow. It later opened a new ...

For a successful invention to become a reality, the ‘big idea’ needs to be practical and achievable. It can't just look great on paper. England boasts a proud history of inventions from Robert ...

This essay looks at the great Eurasian Silk Roads as a transmitter of people, goods, ideas, beliefs and inventions. Good ideas travel easilyand far along trade routes, and the Silk Road was no ...