Hear from Paul Solman and fellow educators as they discuss the vital role that human connection plays in overcoming social & political divides Hear from Chris Woods on the importance of STEM learning ...

Putting failure front and center, an exhibition has opened in Washington D.C that showcases products and inventions from around the world that have flopped. The Museum of Failure puts more than 150 ...

1. Invention and innovation : a long history and modern infatuation -- 2. Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons -- 3. Inventions that were to ...

Smil (How the World Really Works), a professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba, takes a thought-provoking look at what “the long trajectory of inventions” suggests about what to expect in the ...

Failure is a fact of life. We see it everywhere in our daily lives—from a broken dishwasher to the inevitable breakdowns of technology. Innovation and failure are tightly tied together; one helps ...

Without inventions, we wouldn’t have many of the modern luxuries we have today. But not all inventions are major wins like cellphones, stoplights, or washing machines. Many more are in the category of ...