The zipper began as a clunky solution for heavy shoes, invented by Whitcomb Judson. His early designs were unreliable.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New at the California Science Center the exhibition “Leonardo Da Vinci: Inventor. Artist. Dreamer.” The exhibition features 30 of ...

Jeremy Gilmour wants to invent an alternative to an electric car. “I’m thinking a hydrocar, it’s the most challenging thing ever,” Gilmour said during a break from Camp Invention at Aberdeen High ...

As a boy growing up in the United Kingdom, my learning often began once school was dismissed. On any given day, I could be found disassembling machines—stripping lawn mowers down to parts, then ...

The two men staring through the wrought-iron bars surrounding the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe looked like two kids who arrived at the amusement park five minutes too late. They didn’t know an ...

New at the California Science Center the exhibition “Leonardo Da Vinci: Inventor. Artist. Dreamer.” The exhibition features 30 of Leonardo da Vinci’s (1452-1519) genius inventions each built by ...