Nate Bargatze opened the Emmys dressed as Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television, in a sketch with “Saturday Night ...

Farnsworth — nicknamed “the father of television” — was born near Beaver, Utah, in 1906, and studied at Brigham Young University for two years before dropping out. He is credited with producing the ...

Most people would say Thomas Edison invented the electric lightbulb, but it wasn't really a singular invention that can be ...

Richard Jay Solomon's legacy in science and his enthusiasm for photography and railroading is fondly remembered.

Tracing the dynamics of progress in time and space reveals a fundamental tension running through the historical record: technologies that strengthen bureaucratic control can temporarily spur ...

For most, retirement is a time for rest, but for Saji Ennakkad, a retired Kerala State Electricity Board senior ...

It took a lot of people to create the light bulb. But a process of mythmaking has flattened one man and elevated him to ...

Step into the city’s past and get an up-close look at rarely seen artifacts from the olden days, with a free tour of ...

There’s a scene in the movie “Oppenheimer” in which Ernest Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron and head of his own lab at ...

Stephen Colbert got a standing ovation at the Emmys as he handed out the first award of the night, and asked the audience: ...

Julia Margaret Mallot Milligan (1824–1903) was a successful woman who overcame the odds against her. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio ...

7:34 p.m. “The Studio” made Emmy history Sunday night with its 12th trophy as the AppleTV+ movie-business romp became the winningest comedy series ever in a season.