Humans are highly creative and inventive creatures, and this quality has enabled them to make giant leaps forward throughout history thanks to a number of important inventions. These inventions have ...

For each of the past 25 years, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best ...

Apr. 13—A waitress approached Wylen Ford's table carrying food, silverware and a glass of water. She gave him a plastic straw for his drink. That's how he got the idea. A few years later, Ford is ...

Throughout the 20th century, each decade had its own unique set of inventions that left their mark on history. Curious about ...

On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. (It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.) Of course, women inventors existed before this time, ...