Stacker has chronicled social, scientific, and business inventions that changed America over hundreds of years.

They aren’t famous, and didn’t necessarily get rich, but their products made domestic labor easier and safer.

On April 10, 1849, Walter Hunt—a mechanic and independent inventor from New York—patents his metal invention with a spring ...

From groundbreaking inventions to historic firsts, every country has something to brag about. But just because they’re loud ...

The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, County Durham, claimed 'gender fluidity is not a recent development' because boys aged ...

This is series eighteen of The Invention of ... on Radio 4, following on from previous visits to Taiwan, Turkey, Brazil and ...

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Both Rolex and sibling brand Tudor arrive in Geneva with something to mark. Tudor reaches its centenary. Rolex, meanwhile, ...

The Matildas begin their journey to the 2027 World Cup against the Scorchers in Nairobi. Join Jo Khan for updates ...

As the 1990s came to a close, film-maker duo Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay visited the Pentagon to meet William Cohen, ...

Geese frontman Cameron Winter has said all sorts of curious things, but deeming their huge breakout hit a "lame" single is ...

The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that wheelchair racing icon and Boston Marathon Champion Bob Hall has ...