INVENTORS

John Harvey Kellogg, one of the minds behind Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, spent much of his life devising ways to improve human health and vitality.

Smell-O-Vision never quite caught on. Will “Taste the TV”—a flatscreen you can lick—have more success?

With kitty litter, Ed Lowe changed how cats and humans bonded. But not everyone understood the idea: One woman tried feeding it to her cat.

French engineer Nicolas-Jacques Conté created what is considered the modern pencil, though many have since made improvements.

From ‘Hidden Figure’ Katherine Johnson to female Nobel Laureates you may not have heard of, Nina Chhita's Instagram is giving us some important history lessons.

Forget deep-fried Oreos and deep-fried butter—thanks to Mark Zable, you can now have your beer and eat it, too.

Get swept away in the tale of how Henry Winstanley was swept away in the lighthouse he designed (and other fascinating yet tragic tales).

Joseph Lee was sick of seeing slightly stale bread get tossed in the trash, so he found a way to give it a second life.

Trying to see around a car pillar can be frustrating. Thanks to a Pennsylvania teen, we might not have to deal with it for much longer.

One of Thomas Edison's final inventions was a machine he built to contact spirits—and to show up his rival Nikola Tesla one last time.

Inventor Thomas Edison's life was about more than just the light bulb. Find out more about this 20th-century trailblazer.

From the man who died because of a failed parachute suit to the daredevil who perished in a stunt gone wrong, sometimes brilliance comes with a price.