Video by Sarah Joseph and Jon Betz, Smithsonian Digital Studio; Text by Megan Gambino Benjamin Franklin invented swim flippers when he was 12 years old. Frank Epperson, age 11, conceived of the ...

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Photos appearing to show a hole and discoloration on President Donald Trump's hand have attracted scrutiny on social media as commentators speculate about his health. Writing on X, people shared ...

It isn’t hard to think that Jeff Bezos left his role as Amazon.com’s CEO to enjoy a slower life filled with yachting and celebrity parties. But he would most certainly object to that characterization.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a revolutionary advancement for handrails or banisters," said an inventor, from Tower City, Pa., "so I invented the EASY RAIL. My design ...

Tim Berners-Lee may have the smallest fame-to-impact ratio of anyone living. Strangers hardly ever recognize his face; on “Jeopardy!,” his name usually goes for at least sixteen hundred dollars.

Git isn’t hard to learn. Moreover, with a Git GUI such as Atlassian’s Sourcetree, and a SaaS code repository such as Bitbucket, mastery of the industry’s most powerful version control tools is within ...

The municipality's Parks and Recreation Commission, according to meeting minutes from Wednesday, May 21, instructed staff to seek cost estimates for either new wooden stairs or adjustable aluminum ...

PITTSBURGH, April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I have had pickets warp, rot, break, etc. and I felt there had to be a better way to fasten a picket to a handrail," said an inventor from Metter, Ga., "so ...