We've been inventing things since prehistory, via people who lived thousands of years ago. Many of these inventions helped ...

Ibn Al-Haytham embarks upon a quest to uncover ancient mysteries that would change our world forever. A journey of science from darkness into light.

Inventors shape the world we live in with their scientific discoveries and technological innovations. Over the last century they have transformed our lives with inventions ranging from the humble ...

What they find changes their world view dramatically as ingenious inventors and pioneers of science and culture from the Muslim civilization are vividly brought to life.

This realization led to the pacemaker in 1951. What he was trying to make: During World War II, the US government needed rubber for airplane tires, boots for soldiers, and the like. Wright was ...

Alejo Rodriguez Lo, Videographer The invention of the internet has got to be the greatest of all modern inventions ... editor 5 women scientists who changed the world The air conditioner.

In a major new series for BBC Four, Jim Al-Khalili takes a mind-blowing science-led journey through human history to explore the incredible story behind six remarkable inventions. Show more ‘It ...

Getting inventions from paper to production is often the hardest part. Andrade points to the U.S.-based VentureGirls as a group that’s attempting to get girls involved in both STEM fields and ...

Instead, they were a happy accident. Read on to see how society-shaping inventions - from Coca-Cola to penicillin and the microwave oven - came about by chance.

Modern inventions tend more toward improving than transforming: an app that connects the world in a better way, planes that fly farther, faster. But there’s still room, every so often ...

From life-saving devices to modern conveniences, this eight-part series reveals a raft of great Australian inventors who turned game-changing ideas into a reality and forever changed how we live.