Thomas Alva Edison reminds us that failures and unexpected outcomes are not useless, but valuable opportunities to learn, ...

"Edison is always thinking," Dudley Nichols wrote. "That is one of the remarkable things about him." After more than fifty years of uninterrupted fertility in invention, during which he has not only ...

The first telephone call was made 150 years ago. Cincinnati was one of the first cities to embrace the invention that changed ...

Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on March 3, 1847 (he died in Beinn Bhreagh, Canada, on August 2, 1922) ...

So, the telephone was a positive force in society, providing a new source of income for women. But the rise of ‘hello girls’ ...

As the practical use of electricity spread worldwide, Edison was a driving force. In 1889, he consolidated his several companies to form Edison General Electric. Three years later, it became General ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A graduate student discovered a new way to generate a highly sought-after variety of carbon, graphene, by studying a century-old Thomas Edison patent ...

Today’s quote of the day is by Thomas A. Edison, the legendary inventor and entrepreneur whose innovations shaped modern life. Known for his inventions like the light bulb, phonograph, and motion ...

Today, we celebrate our Nation’s most prolific inventor and a man who never stopped pushing the spirit of American innovation: the legendary Thomas Edison. On what would have been his 179th birthday, ...

The famed inventor's nickel-iron idea isn't suited for EVs, but it could help solar farms and data centers. By Andrew Paul Published Feb 11, 2026 12:05 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

Scientists have successfully resurrected and supercharged a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison, turning a 120-year-old concept into a modern pack capable of charging in mere seconds and with ...