The Craft That First Took Humans to the Deepest Part of the Ocean
What do you do when you want to go to the deepest part of the ocean? Build a bathyscaphe, of course.
What do you do when you want to go to the deepest part of the ocean? Build a bathyscaphe, of course.
Without nurses, we wouldn’t have a number of tools regularly used today in both hospitals and homes.
Asked to evaluate his son's abilities as an intellectual, the elder Edison said that he was, "absolutely illiterate, scientifically and otherwise.”
English craftsman John Wilkes created the clever gadget, currently displayed in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum.
The achievements of these inspiring ladies are worth recognizing.
Because not every invention can be a home run.
A recycled, coffee-based fuel log eliminates the need for women and children to embark on dangerous trips to collect firewood for cooking.
"This is the miracle of the can." -Narrator hired by the American Can Company
It would cost $900 in today's dollars.
With thousands of mousetrap patents in the United States, it seems people can’t resist innovating new ways to slay vermin.
All about the "patron saint of geeks."
These brilliant minds refused to be defined by their physical limitations.
It's reportedly part of Apple’s larger effort to go green.
Whatever happened to the guy who invented the Slinky?
Even if you’ve never heard his name, you’ve likely benefited from Morgan's most famous invention.
When Margaret Atwood got tired of long book tours, she developed a pen that would sign books for her long-distance.
Stone Age tools + YouTube = Fascinating.
What could possibly go wrong?
In this episode of mental_floss' List Show, John Green reveals a few things you probably didn't know about Tesla, Nobel, and more.
The Founding Father's other kite invention was extreme in its own right.
The mechanisms inside wouldn't be widely seen again for thousands of years.