Alan Higbie signed up for the Army to avoid the infantry; he ended up talking to a revolution. It all started with a crystal ...

Nearly 190 years ago on Jan. 6, 1838, Samuel Morse revolutionized global communication with the unveiling of his new invention, the telegraph.

We talk about Morse code, named after its inventor, Samuel Morse. However, maybe we should call it Vail code after Alfred Vail, who may be its real inventor. Haven’t heard of him? You aren’t alone.

A promisingly luxuriant Pittsfield bicentennial beard has fallen to the razor, victim of a ruling by officials of the Western Union Telegraph Co., a business founded on the invention of one Samuel F.B ...

Larry Kahaner - Larry Kahaner is an American journalist and author who resides in Bethesda, Maryland. Steve Galchutt shows off the custom-made low-wattage transmitter he uses on his treks. Chase Brush ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York's Hudson Valley. The 14,000-square-foot ...

The Baader-Meinhof effect is the common name for what scientists call frequency illusion. Suppose you are watching Star Trek’s Christopher Pike explain how he makes pasta mama, and you’ve never heard ...

Jackson Middle School seventh grade students Lea Tanner, left, and Kerrigan Keller, right, watch as seventh grade science teacher Cherish George, center, shows them how to use a micro:bit computer on ...