The U.S. Department of Energy's decision to claw back US$3.7 billion in grants from industrial demonstration projects may ...

Rerum Novarum also had a profound influence on the Catholic Church itself. The document inaugurated what’s now known as ...

The human fingerprint on global warming was likely evident in Earth’s atmosphere far earlier than previously thought—even ...

Mercedes-Benz is synonymous with luxury, precision, and automotive excellence,but its roots go far deeper than most people ...

If you look back at the history of the world, it’s difficult to recognize every single inventor. There are so many worth ...

One of the most notable inventions brought about by the Industrial Revolution was steel. In the 18th century, Abraham Darby created a process of producing pig iron in a blast furnace that was fueled ...

Coming to the second industrial revolution, from around 1870 to 1914, the discovery of modern energy sources like electricity phased out the dependence on steam and water to fuel the mechanization of ...

Revolutions have often been driven by an energy source and transformative invention. The industrial revolution in the 19th century’s age of coal saw the steam engine catalyze huge demand for coal, ...

The revolution spread beyond Britain to Europe, North America, and eventually the rest of the world, laying the foundation for modern industrial economies and altering global trade, society, and ...