Stacker has chronicled social, scientific, and business inventions that changed America over hundreds of years.

The light bulb wasn’t really Edison’s. The telephone wasn’t really Bell’s. In 2002, the ...

Discover 25 Inventions That Are Way Older Than You Think! From ancient batteries to Roman concrete, explore surprising origins of modern tech. Uncover hist ...

At the heart of the story is the spirit of invention and innovation and collaboration and competitiveness birthed at the dawn ...

From smashing looms to blocking AI data centers, some Americans have resisted technology’s forward march.

While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled ...

President Trump welcomed the British monarch King Charles III to the White House yesterday and gave a speech that, on its ...

Churchill may have said that the Balkans produce more history than it can consume, but in this episode Misha Glenny and Miles Warde head out to discover if it's true. This is a road trip through ...

Puffed Up reveals the inventive ways humans have turned compressed air into progress transforming our music, our tools, our transport and even our reach into space. In the first episode, Professor ...

In the AI era, the companies and legal departments that will likely own the intelligence economy are the ones that build ...

Before German craftsman Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in the mid-15th century, a single Bible could take years to produce and cost more than most people would earn over several years.

New genetic and archaeological evidence is reshaping the long-standing narrative of the Neolithic Revolution in North Africa.