Eugene Polley should be ther most popular man on the planet. He left a legacy of leisure that billions of people lean upon each and every day, often for hours on end. Polley, a self-taught mechanical ...

The groundbreaking invention of the microwave oven changed the landscape of domestic cooking after its unexpected discovery in the mid-20th century. An electric oven that uses electromagnetic ...

View post: Telluride Opens While Patrollers Enter Second Week of Strike Today, skiing is a behemoth. Millions of visitors crowd slopes worldwide, wearing fancy, ever-evolving gear. But skiing wasn’t ...

From beehive-shaped ice pits in Iran to 17th-century European kitchens, ice cream’s evolution reveals how science, sugar, and ...

For the last decade, Richard Montañez has been telling the story of how he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The world has been eating it up. It goes like this: He was working as a janitor at Frito-Lay’s ...

The air is getting cooler, pumpkin spice lattes are back and Labor Day has passed. Folks, fall football season is here. The NFL kicks things off Thursday, Sept. 5, with a matchup between the Baltimore ...

One of the world’s greatest conveniences was conceived amid its greatest hardships. Sylvan Goldman, son of immigrant pioneers, invented the shopping cart. His brilliantly simple idea was born in ...

The inquiry "Who invented the sewing machine?" has kept a lot of people talking for many, many years by many different people in many different sewing communities, and rightfully so. The sewing ...

Borland founder Philippe Kahn takes credit but CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos begs to differ. In this case a picture tells much less than a thousand words. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at ...