The average person likely doesn’t think about tractors much, and most have never paused to watch one work. That’s a shame, as ...

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.

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An 85-year-old scientist who invented the smell that is added to natural gas has received a lifetime achievement award.

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Rape kits were widely known as "Vitullo Kits" after a Chicago police sergeant. But a new book tells the story of Marty Goddard, a community activist who worked with runaway teenagers in the 1970s.

A woman invented the rape kit. So why was a man given credit for it? In 2018, New York Times journalist Pagan Kennedy was working on a column about the origin of everyday objects when she became ...

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.