Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain? Was it because they were particularly ingenious and industrial people or just luck of history? Various theories have been proposed, but which ...

I have loved tea since I was but a child. So, the apocryphal story goes, did James Watt, the man who revolutionised the steam engine. Watt, when sitting in the kitchen next to his mother, watched ...

The French inventor Jacques de Vaucanson is remembered for, among other things, producing three curious automata in the 18th century. A poster from the time advertised them all side by side: a ...

Mathematicians have solved a decades-old problem related to spinning a needle, in what has been hailed as one of the most important mathematical results in recent times. Once seen as “impossible ...

Researchers have advanced a decades-old challenge in the field of organic semiconductors, opening new possibilities for the future of electronics. The researchers, led by the University of ...

Jenny McCarthy claimed she “almost died” after switching to a plant-based diet before doing a complete 180. The former Playboy star, 52, explained how switching her diet helped heal her body ...

Chinese industrial companies’ profits declined at the start of the year but showed some signs of improvement, suggesting that government stimulus is having some effect as Beijing doubles down on ...

It ended already for Jenny Slate. While promoting her new FX miniseries “Dying for Sex,” the 42-year-old actress told the Hollywood Reporter that she won’t discuss the legal war between her ...

Jenny McCarthy has been married to Donnie Wahlberg for 11 years and the former model has revealed the surprising secret that keeps their spark alive – a game she created called 'Questions'.

The actress previously shared that she dropped her then 5-year-old son Sid, causing him to fracture his skull Daniel Boczarski/Getty Jenny Mollen isn't sure she'd make the same choices about ...

AEW was having itself quite the night, on its way to an all-timer of a pay-per-view at Revolution and only needing the big finish. Instead, it ended with a main event that was successful in ...

Slate previously expressed support for Blake Lively in December 2024, after Lively initially filed her sexual harassment lawsuit against Justin Baldoni Jojo Whilden Jenny Slate is not interested ...