We have a lot to thank history’s inventors for. Every time you turn on a TV, drive a car, style your hair, iron your clothes, or do almost anything else throughout the course of your day, it’s likely ...

Black inventors and entrepreneurs have played a crucial role in shaping industries, improving daily life, and driving technological advancements, often overcoming systemic barriers to bring their ...

Each year, Black History Month allows us to reflect on so many great Black Americans who’ve contributed to the success of our nation. We reflect on the contributions of many well-known and not so well ...

(Note: Data compiled and cross-verified from multiple historical and academic sources, including the Smithsonian Institution archives, Encyclopedia Britannica, and World History Encyclopedia for ...

“If you had to name an inventor, would it be a woman?” This is the challenge question that visitors to the in-person and online photographic display, “Picturing Women Inventors” face. On-site at the ...

Inventors are often remembered as brilliant, daring minds who changed the world. However, sometimes, that boldness came at a terrible price. History is full of stories about innovators who believed in ...

The individuals on this list are among the most important inventors of all time. The phone, the lightbulb, and the World Wide Web are all thanks to individuals on this list. Vaccinations, calculus, ...

In a new book, Smithsonian historian Eric S. Hintz traces the rise and fall, and rise again, of the maverick inventor Elon Musk, after securing a $2.9 billion NASA contract for SpaceX, recently hosted ...

PEOPLE chats with Disney Imagineer and inventor Lanny Smoot about his prolific career in honor of Black History Month and National Inventors' Day Lanny Smoot is not your average inventor — in fact, he ...