A small exhibit put together by Shannon Ross-Albers at the Milan Public library celebrates the ingenuity of the people of ...

The Edison Fest celebrates Fort Myers's most famous winter resident, Thomas Edison. Here's more about the inventor best known ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - December 22, 1882. The first electric Christmas lights are hung. A friend and partner of Thomas Edison, Edward H. Johnson, hand-wired 80 red, white, and blue bulbs around his ...

It wasn't long after Thomas Edison invented the light bulb that people started to think about how to use them to decorate for the holidays. Lighting up homes for the holiday, a way to signify "the ...

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a more stylish and decorative design for a light bulb," said an inventor, from Gilcrest, Colo., "so I invented the VETTY BULB DESIGNS. My ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Who invented the light bulb? – Preben, age 5, ...

On Oct. 3, 1950, three scientists at Bell Labs in New Jersey received a U.S. patent for what would become one of the most important inventions of the 20th century — the transistor. John Bardeen, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like ...