On this special edition of Here and Now, we pay tribute to African American legends and the younger generation preparing to ...

Discover the story of a Delhi merchant who introduced the city’s first car, telephone and electricity, with his historic ...

Telecommunications began to take on special relevance in the 19th century with the invention of the telegraph, although ...

Today, it is hard to imagine a world without recorded audio, and for the most part that started with Edison’s invention of ...

In the past, "the pace of progress, once measured in generational arcs, now unfolds in mere years." This meant it could take ...

What's better than holiday hot chocolate? If just thinking about it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, well – that’s by ...

Want to learn who created AI and the real minds behind modern AI chatbots? Explore the fascinating history of AI development.

Listed at about $2.4 million, this 1854 house comes with an official historic designation and views of the Rhode Island State ...

November of 1877, the publication Scientific American enthuses about Thomas Edison's new invention: the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Calling it a "wonderful invention," the article ...

The invention of the modern self. How did the idea of the individual come into being? In that classic of Western cinema, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, the title character addresses a crowd in ...

ONTONAGON, Mich. (WILX) - On this day in 1879, Michigan’s first independent telephone company was formed. The Ontonagon Telegraph Company was formed in the tiny Upper Peninsula town of Rockland, not ...