Few inventions have changed the bathroom habits of millions as dramatically as the Squatty Potty. This simple stool aligns ...

Every year for over two decades, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. To compile this year's list, we solicited nominations from ...

Some of the most revolutionary breakthroughs in human history weren’t planned in boardrooms or laboratories. They happened ...

Sometimes the most groundbreaking innovations emerge from spilled chemicals, forgotten lab samples, or misplaced ingredients.

Some believe that inventing AGI will be the last invention humanity ever needs to create since AGI will become our inventor galore. In today’s column, I examine the legendary claim that achieving AGI ...

I’ve always found patents fascinating. Not just because they protect ideas but because they often reveal the odd, innovative, and sometimes downright quirky side of human creativity. When I started ...

THE Chronicle has explored the revolutionary inventions of a Barnsley-born legend. Charlotte Oldroyd delved deeper into...

In recent years, there have been some incredible new inventions that use state-of-the-art technology and the latest innovations. However, there have also been some very simple inventions that have ...

The incredible story behind the Moylan Arrow, the unassuming yet ingenious invention that transformed the humble fuel gauge.

In 2000 TIME’s editors sat down to select three inventions of the year, one each in consumer technology, medical science, and basic industry. They found so many interesting ones along the way that ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty, a longtime Portola Valley resident who became as well-known for his Fogarty Winery as for his ...