Today, we celebrate the towering life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin—printer and philosopher, inventor and diplomat, public ...

Toilet paper holders have had roughly the same design since they were patented in the 1890s, but this device puts a more ...

Xi explains that Chinese invented paper 2,000 years ago. Papermaking technology was introduced to Central Asia in the 8th century and arrived in Europe around the 12th century. "Europeans could make ...

Trudy Ring is The Advocate's senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is ...

In today’s digital age, there’s little need to buy planners or calendars—almost everything is available on your phone. Still, some people won’t give up a good old-fashioned diary for keeping track of ...

With The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer, Daniel J. Flynn has produced a biography valuable to both political novices and serious students of the conservative ...

Every week, my column gets printed on paper. Sometimes I use paper to dry my paws. Or clean up after I use the litterbox. I asked my friend Xiuyu Wang who invented paper—and why. He studies Chinese ...

Every week my column gets printed on paper. Sometimes I use paper to dry my paws. Or clean up after I use the litterbox. I asked my friend Xiuyu Wang who invented paper — and why. He studies Chinese ...

Every week my column gets printed on paper. Sometimes I use paper to dry my paws. Or clean up after I use the litterbox. I asked my friend Xiuyu Wang who invented paper – and why. He ’s at Washington ...

Until recently the Arcement family wondered how they were going to move thousands of boxes of unsold board games filling their garage. Now they’re just trying to keep up with demand. What changed?

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 ...

Aura has launched the Ink Frame, which is its first color e-paper display. This technology also allows it to finally go cordless, making it ideal for hanging in your home. The Ink Frame is claimed to ...