British merchant Peter Durand made a huge stride in food preservation with his 1810 invention of the can. Canned rations provided to soldiers and explorers saved legions from sure starvation.

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thomas Edison liked to say that he never failed. He succeeded every now and again with an invention that would change the ...

The integrated chip greatly improved the use for transistors, but it could only do what it was originally programmed to do. It couldn't change programs, and it certainly couldn't remember anything ...

In certain circumstances, legal protection may be granted to an invention by way of a patent. Innovative new products are the fuel for the most powerful growth engine you can connect to.

From Starlink to Tesla to SpaceX, Elon Musk has given the world some of the most incredible inventions of the last century.

Fran Scott discovers how inspiration for an invention can be drawn from everyday problems. She meets the young inventors of two products that have helped solved common problems. Fran meets Mark ...

Innoskate research and public festivals spark the imaginations of young people through skate demonstrations, discussions with skaters and inventors, films, hands-on invention educational activities, ...

And, just as my reader described, “After seeing their ad, you phone, they send you a form to fill out giving a brief description of your invention, and within days they call you back ...

Some of Needham's work has been condensed in a well-illustrated and informative book by Robert Temple (The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention. Simon and Schuster, New ...

Bloomberg / Getty Images World-changing inventions like the printing press, the radio, and the internet opened new ways for people to communicate and share knowledge. In many cases, blockchain ...

It's like giving your vehicle a superpower! Unfortunately, there's a catch to this incredible invention: while they're ...