Reflecting on his career, David Hanks said he is grateful it was spent serving fellow Americans the fuel they need to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. No job is too big or too small for Men on ...

University of Tennessee provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. When people name the most important inventions in history, light bulbs are usually on the list. They were much safer than ...

The parade features over 170 illuminated units, including floats, marching bands, and antique vehicles. The festival also includes a junior parade, science fairs, car shows, and other activities. It ...

God said, “Let there be light”—everyone knows that. But God did not specify what color light, and this would eventually prove problematic. In the age of the LED light bulb, consumers have an ...

Forget LEDs, researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new type of incandescent light bulb. The device is capable of emitting elliptically polarized light, described as "twisted" ...

In his corner office at Corning Inc.’s towering steel-and-glass headquarters in Corning, N.Y., CEO Wendell Weeks keeps a small, yellowed piece of paper in a dark wood frame behind his desk. Dated Nov.

BIDEN: "Why in God's name don't we teach history in history classes? A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison." — in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Thursday. THE FACTS: Biden is ...

Electric light bulbs had been around for decades by the 1870s. Most demonstration systems used arc lamps, which seemed far too bright and burned much too hot for indoor household use. In 1878, Thomas ...

In the words of Thomas Edison, “There’s a better way to do it – find it.” Words that the famous inventor lived by at his red-brick factory on Main Street in West Orange, where he developed more than ...

When Thomas Edison was working on the incandescent lamp in 1879, he purportedly said, “We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...