The Four Great Inventions of ancient China were the compass, paper-making, printing, and gunpowder. These were hallmark achievements of ancient Chinese civilization that had a profound impact on ...

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A book setting out the ten greatest transformations delivered by evolution contains surprises but neglects crucial innovations such as proteins and embryos, Lewis Wolpert finds.

When did indoor air become cold and clean? Air conditioning is one of those inventions that have become so ubiquitous that many in the developed world ...

The greatest invention of all must surely be writing. It is not just one of the foundations of civilisation: it underpins the steady accumulation of intellectual achievement.

Ralf Rückauer, VP of ZDFE.unscripted, talks about Great Inventions, a series spotlighting the greatest inventions of mankind that was initiated, self-commissioned and fully financed by ZDF ...

But the fact is that a lot of the most important inventions, the ones that underpin our lives, are largely invisible. Here are some of the most life-changing ones.

THE GREATEST inventions of all time have been revealed as a new survey puts the internet, penicillin and TV on the list. A poll of 2,000 adults saw electric power generation, which Thomas Edison is… ...