The humble transistor - smaller than a speck of dust — has been made more than any other invention in history, powering ...

Spinning methods. (a) Manual thigh-spinning [64]; (b) Spindle-and-whorl "supported spinning" [68]; (c) "drop spinning" [66]; (d) the experimental spindles and whorls, the 3D scans of the pebbles and ...

Many theories have tried to explain when and where the wheel and axle were first invented. A new study examines a relatively recent theory that miners in the Carpathian Mountains created the first ...

New research suggests ancient copper smelters accidentally discovered iron, sparking the technological shift that transformed ...