1965: Kevlar Hey, road trippers, you’ll appreciate 1965’s invention more than most. Kevlar, the super-strong synthetic material used in car tires, was produced by Stephanie Kwolek, a chemist working ...

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Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...

This Women's History Month, we're celebrating inventions made by women. Nancy Johnson created the first hand-cranked ice-cream maker in 1843. Famous American chef Julia Child developed a shark ...

On May 22, 1886, The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artsandliving/style/ published a shocking front-page scoop: Zenas F. Wilber, a ...