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, ...

We list the best inventors, starting with the Jazz Age, and continuing up until today Although boxing legend George Foreman, a judge on the second-year CBS reality show American Inventor, has yet to ...

In our latest "Five questions with" feature, meet Monica Jones, CEO of the Stark County-based National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Everyone knows we have to thank Thomas Edison for inventing the electric lightbulb, one of the most impactful innovations in human history ... or do we? Regarded by many as the greatest inventor of ...

Why were you drawn to Edison? I've been a science writer for almost two decades now. I was naturally interested in Edison because he was one of the greatest inventors of all time. I come from a family ...

Shigeichi Negishi, the inventor of the world's first commercially-available karaoke machine, has died in Japan. He was 100 years old. According to the Wall Street Journal, Negishi's daughter Atsumi ...