Origins of Everything recounted the fascinating and somewhat gruesome history behind the invention of the battery.

The origin of 824501241 can be traced back to the pioneering work of Luigi Galvani, an Italian physicist, in the 18th century. Galvani's experiments with frog legs and electricity led to the discovery ...

"We have a new phrase called the 'new four great inventions' in China, including high-speed railway, online shopping, mobile payment and sharing bikes," he told journalists at the NPC. But these ...

What does it take to come up with an invention or a new idea nobody has ever thought of before? For many scientists, engineers and other innovators, it all starts with a problem that needs solving.

He took a similarly strategic approach in publicizing his invention of the first prototype battery. Volta doubted the existence of animal electricity, which the Bolognese physician Luigi Galvani ...

This story appears in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thomas Edison liked to say that he never failed. He succeeded every now and again with an invention that would change the ...

Audience editors: Samantha Cooney, Annabel Gutterman, Soo Jin Kim, Kat Moon, and Kimberly Tal Copy editors: Helen Eisenbach, Mark Hokoda, Anny Kim, Silvija Ozols, Sarah Rutledge, and Jennifer ...

Forget the light bulb. Thomas Edison’s greatest invention was a two-story house in rural New Jersey. In March 1876, Edison set up his famous Menlo Park laboratory—the world’s first research ...

For example, ‘a wheelbarrow’ and ‘a brush’ may be picked, so the invention could be ‘a wheelbarrow which brushes leaves as you push it’. Challenge students to think of their own ...