Kevin Tang is an eighth-grader in California who won $25,000 and the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist” for his science ...

“Who is that?” asked my 8-year-old son, Charlie, in front of a large statue of Johannes Gutenberg in Strasbourg, France, while on our recent family vacation. “He’s the reason books spread around the ...

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According to a report by CNet, the so-called "Tesla valve", a device that the Croatian designed to pass fluid from one place to another without moving parts. It is a kind of conduit in which a main ...

DENVER (KDVR) — It’s not too often that you would see a nationally awarded invention coming from a kid, but one of those rare instances came from Lone Tree 12-year-old Anirudh Rao. Rao was named a ...

Molella, Arthur P. 2007. [Book review] "How Invention Begins: The Echo of Old Voices in the Rise of New Machines, by John H. Lienhard." Technology and Culture, 48, (3 ...