The earliest evidence of the invention of the wheel pops up around 5,500 years ago in Uruk, ancient Mesopotamia, which has to go down as the most innovative society in human history. These guys, best ...

Equestrian attire to tools, what the details in temple carvings reveal about foreign influence on Indian history ...

Archaeologists traced the invention of the lock and key back to Mesopotamia around 4,000 BCE. The first wooden pin locks, ...

From ancient stone tools to early life-changing, read about the innovations that shaped human history and progress.

Despite being known as masters of trade, these seafarers were never a single collective. Different groups built powerful ...

The Renaissance is conventionally dated from the 14th to the 17th centuries, but the French term “Renaissance” was coined in the 19th. The major events of the “Scientific Revolution” are usually ...

As we look back on human history, we can analyze certain moments and periods that have shaped how humanity operates today. Various inventions in particular have allowed the human race to move forward ...

Sumer was an ancient civilization located in southern Mesopotamia, in what is now modern-day Iraq. It is often considered the cradle of civilization due to its numerous innovations, including the ...

CLEVELAND — NASA Glenn engineers Chirs Kantzos and Tim Smith can now call themselves inventors too. They are the minds behind NASA Glenn's breakthrough material. A superalloy developed for extreme ...

Literary scholar Watson explores in his vivid debut biography the mystery and sensation that surrounded Charlotte Brontë. He begins with an account of how literary London was gripped by the ...

Dr. Paul Knoepfler assisting 2025 University Medal winner, Avantika Gokulnatha (foreground), in his lab. Knoepfler was one of many UC Davis faculty members to file a record of invention in 2025.