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In the summer of 1956, a group of academics—now we’d call them computer scientists but there was no such thing then—met on Dartmouth College campus in New Hampshire to discuss how to make machines ...

Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “what is art?” Art is something people make to ...

Detroit's battle cry reverberates with the rumble of eight cylinders — Camaros, Mustangs, Challengers, all burbling that unmistakable muscle-car thunder. The American V8 is an icon, and you'd be ...

When the summer heat climbs, many of us reach for a scoop of ice cream – a delicious staple that cools us down and brings a smile. But have you ever paused and asked yourself where ice cream comes ...

Everyone knows we have to thank Thomas Edison for inventing the electric lightbulb, one of the most impactful innovations in human history ... or do we? Regarded by many as the greatest inventor of ...

Living in a world chock-full of technology means living in a world full of plugs. HDMI, A/V, Ethernet, and more cable types, along with their respective ports, are everywhere, serving purposes that ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. In the new biography "Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television" (Simon & Schuster), Todd S. Purdum explores the ...

The official story is that Dr. James Naismith invented basketball in Springfield, Mass., in 1891. But what about the teenager tossing cabbages in upstate New York a year earlier? By Dan Barry Just off ...