Metamorphoses. By Karolina Watroba. Franz Kafka’s fame is not only the product of literary excellence. He also got lucky, as ...

From the Ford Nucleon to the Studebaker-Packard Astral, these vehicles failed to progress past the prototype stage in the ...

Low retention means we’ve failed to provide fitting career opportunities ... If we were to look at advisor retention over the past 10 years, long before we started talking about the retirement ...

The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...

Anmol Bishnoi is currently lodged at the Pottawattamie County Jail in Iowa, known as the 'Squirrel Cage' jail. It is one of ...

For an invention so world-changing as the wheel, scholars know surprisingly little about its origin story—but there is no shortage of possible theories. Now Bulliet, along with two co-authors ...

From the French Revolution to January 6th, crowds have been heroized and vilified. Now they’re a field of study.

Every year for over two decades, TIME editors have highlighted the most impactful new products and ideas in TIME’s Best Inventions issue. To compile this year's list, we solicited nominations ...

"Radio is that wonderful invention by which I can reach millions of people ... who fortunately can't reach me." – Milton ...

Light Bio’s Firefly Petunia, a bioluminescent plant that emits a soft green glow, has earned a place among TIME’s “Best Inventions of 2024.” This plant has captured public attention for its ability to ...

Photographs by Jo Whaley for TIME; Inventions from left: On Cloudboom Strike LightSpray, Medical Microinstruments Symani Surgical System, Agility Robotics Digit holding Light Bio Firefly Petunias ...