Kool-Aid, the reuben, Dorothy Lynch. Yep, they all were the concoctions of a Nebraskan.

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The modern world has been transformed by inventions from the electric motor to penicillin. Is the mass-produced gun the most important among them?

The go-to toy for children across the globe, LEGO amassed record revenues of around $9.6 billion (£7.6bn) in 2023. Ole Kirk Christiansen, the founder of the planet-conquering Danish company, got the ...

From Aztec temples to Madrid cafés and Ghana’s plantations, the journey of cocoa is a story of obsession, invention, and a ...

Today, X-rays are the source of many experiments and medical tests, but it took a long time for humanity to develop proper ...

Early automobiles didn’t use light bulbs, instead, they relied on acetylene gas lamps and oil-fueled lanterns before electric ...

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