Power lines are a regular part of our day-to-day lives now as they carry electricity through the world, but when were they first invented?

a light bulb manufacturer. “In many parts of the world, if you ask someone to name the greatest inventor, chances are they will say ‘Thomas Edison’. Why? Nobody can ever offer a good explana ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James found the utility enabled a pattern of discrimination and harassment against women and people of color. A state investigation found pervasive problems at ...

Thomas Edison is widely credited with inventing the incandescent light bulb he patented in 1879, but there were a number of people around the globe simultaneously working to hone the revolutionary ...

By Clay Risen Thomas Hoobler, who with his wife, Dorothy Hoobler, wrote 103 books across a vast range of subjects, including young-adult biographies of Margaret Mead, mystery novels set in 18th ...

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