The idea belonged to Dr. James Naismith. And today, we're taking a look at the man behind the game of basketball.

Earl Young is the musician with the most Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame plaques in the sidewalk on South Broad Street. The drummer known as “the Man Who Invented Disco” is celebrated in concrete ...

Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer star in 'The Man Who Invented Christmas,' Bharat Nalluri's film about how Charles Dickens came to write his classic 'A Christmas Carol.

This piece was originally published onPolitiFact.comon Sept. 4, 2020. Joe Biden: “A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.” PolitiFact’s ruling: Mostly False Here ...

The Man Who Invented A Money Machine. August 20, 2005. By Adam Goldman. LAS VEGAS -- Jerome Lemelson was dying. A rare stomach cancer had been diagnosed in one of the nation's most prolific and ...

The man made nearly 25,000 measurements during his lifetime. Fechner investigated other ways the world interacts with the mind. He was fascinated with light and color.

William “Bill” Post, the man often credited with inventing the beloved Pop Tart, has died at 96. Born on June 27, 1927 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Post was one of seven children born to Dutch ...

Inventing Iron Man: The Real-Life Science of Tony Stark's Suit. By night, E. Paul Zehr is a double-black-belt martial arts master, training his body in karate and Okinawan weapons.

The kit's invention was commonly credited to a Chicago police sergeant named Louis Vitullo, who had died in 2006. But as Kennedy dug deeper, another name popped up.

(CNN) — After years of poor eyesight, eye strain, loss in vision and difficulty with contact lenses, Craig Hershoff invented a robot that he hopes will help people with dexterity issues insert ...