When most people think of rockets, they likely imagine something like SpaceX's Raptor engine, or they might recall the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the Moon. Rockets aren't ...

Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “What is art?” Art is something people make to share ideas or feelings. It can make others think or feel something too. Art can ...

For the longest time, people who wanted to learn how to drive had to do it using a stick shift or a manual transmission. Before the turn of the century, most cars came with this type of transmission.

Traffic light on yellow with sky and trees in background. - Ktsimage/Getty Images Ah, the yellow light. You know, that signal that is supposed to let you know to slow down as you approach the ...

If you live in the Phoenix area, it is likely hard for you to imagine what it would be like to live without air conditioning during the summer. It would not be strange if occasionally, with heartfelt ...

James Moylan, who thought up the little arrow on your gas gauge that tells you what side of the car your fuel filler sits, has passed away. Moylan was a Ford interior trim designer who came up with ...

From beehive-shaped ice pits in Iran to 17th-century European kitchens, ice cream’s evolution reveals how science, sugar, and ...

In a Milwaukee Journal story published Nov. 6, 1984, Don Nelson made the first public reference of a new hybrid position – point forward – in the NBA, one that would fundamentally change the game.

NEW YORK (AP) — Could it really be true? That of all of college basketball's urban myths, one of New York's five boroughs is actually the birthplace of filling out an NCAA Tournament bracket? Before ...

The rise of America’s conservative movement was possible because its intellectuals and leaders reconciled the competing principles of traditionalists and libertarians. This balance, known as fusionism ...

Modern spaceflight rests on a deceptively simple idea: a machine that carries its own fuel and oxidizer, then hurls exhaust backward fast enough to push itself forward. The person who first turned ...