James Goodfellow invented the automated cash machine but received just a £10 bonus The world's first ATM was unveiled 50 years ago today but the inventor of the bank cash machine has been a ...

Forgotten Women is a series dedicated to giving women of history the exposure they deserve. This week, we’re paying tribute to Christina Jenkins – the Fifties hair-styling innovator who gave ...

Please verify your email address. Yoriichi Tsugikuni was a prodigy who invented Breathing Styles, starting with Sun Breathing. Breathing Styles evolved into Wind, Water, Fire, Stone, and Thunder ...

It is widely agreed, for instance, that William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the first transistor in 1947. Such inventions and discoveries were based on research conducted ...

Humans put a lot of stock in numbers. Our need to divide items into handy sections of equal length is based on many things. For a start, there’s the 365-and-a-quarter days it takes the Earth to ...

Who invented football and when? Where was 'The Beautiful Game' born? Goal takes a look at the history and origins of the sport. Football as we know it today - sometimes known as association ...

Surfing is commonly believed to have been invented in Hawaii and petroglyphs depicting people riding waves date to at least the 12th Century CE. Yet, the Chan Chan Museum near Huanchaco and the ...

In fact, the design for the first tablet PC was set out in 1968, long before most of the technologies necessary to build it were even invented. That design was the Dynabook, and its author was ...

1840 - Guns begin to use pin-fire cartridges. 1847 - The telegraph is invented. 1850 - True shotguns in common use. In the second half of the 18th century, musket design branched out. This period ...

Tracing the origins of food is a complex and often debated topic. For instance, while some claim the first bagel was made in Krakow, Poland, in 1610, others argue it originated in Vienna, Austria ...

We tapped food historians to find out who really invented ice cream. America is in a serious, long-term relationship with ice cream. It’s the food we use when celebrating birthdays, Little ...

It was time to buckle up and face the void. I was going to “rawdog” this flight, a new trend in extreme air travel.