The written word has a lot to answer for. From the moment Johannes Gutenberg introduced his marvellous printing press ...

When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440, he surely could never have imagined just how much it would change the lives of people all over the world for centuries to come.

The Wright brothers’ 1903 invention enabled faster travel, shrinking distances and making the world more connected. Discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928, penicillin became the first antibiotic, ...

Back in the 1450s, when the Bible became the first major work printed in Europe with moveable metal type, Johannes Gutenberg ...

Some of these discoveries also helped medicine to develop. In 1440, Johannes Gutenberg had invented the printing press. This meant that when new ideas were written down, they could quickly be ...