Technology tends to have a way of becoming smaller as it evolves. The ever-convenient microchip and lithium-ion battery serve in tandem as the brains of so many devices today, and their sleek and ...

Anybody who has dug a trench more than a few feet deep will have found the obvious problem: Water. Even in the arid heat of the Arabian desert water is never far away, and it presents real problems ...

Inventor Thomas Newcomen (1663-1729) designed the world's first successful atmospheric steam engine. His invention earned him a place as one of the pioneers of the Industrial Revolution. Born in ...

MOUNT PLEASANT — For all but one of the past 71 years, the Midwest Old Threshers Reunion has been a celebration of human invention and innovation, but absent from the event has been representation of ...

A replica of the world's first steam engine has been unveiled in the West Midlands to mark the 300th anniversary of the original machine. Devon-born <link> <caption ...