MOST of us have been brought up on a myth about the machine, and it is one that is not quickly seen through, because it has just enough glittering flakes of truth in it to take our attention off the ...

In 1782, Alessandro Volta was the first to use the term "semiconducting" to describe the electrical properties of certain materials. In 1833, Michael Faraday observed that the resistance of silver ...

In an evolving and increasingly digitized media landscape, cadets are leading through innovation with the United States Military Academy’s Digital History Center. As a discipline, digital history ...

In my childhood and teen years, I went from large broadcast transmitters and long-distance telephones to the popularization of wifi. I witnessed how the fields of electronic communications blurred ...

The Industrial Revolution's strides produced many miracles. Advancements in metallurgy and improved technological practices made the mass production of precision parts possible and, with time, ...