The name Alan Freed may be largely forgotten now, but for several years in the 1950s and 1960s, he was a cultural trailblazer. He introduced the term “rock and roll” to mainstream US audiences in the ...

Shortly after Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump, two House Democrats, Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Seth Moulton (D-MA), also voiced support for anti-trans sports bans, even ...

Smash burgers are such a popular American dish that there's even a dedicated chain restaurant named after the beloved fast food item with many locations.

Crowded arenas and billion-dollar TV deals make it easy to assume that certain sports were born in sleek stadiums with corporate sponsors waiting in the wings. In reality, a lot of them started with ...

The speed at which artificial intelligence is gaining in mathematical ability has taken many by surprise. It is rewriting what it means to be a mathematician ...

Fazit co-founders Aliett Buttelman and Nina La Bruna invented a genuinely new beauty category and turned glitterfreckles into a global phenomenon. Having hit $40 million in sales, the company has one ...

A new podcast from Lost Women of Science tells the story of Katharine Burr Blodgett, who invented nonreflective glass while working at General Electric, but who is often forgotten.

Daylight saving time 2026 began on Sunday, March 8, when clocks 'sprang forward.' Here's what to know about the time change ...

You start to see what history noticed — and what it didn’t. For Women’s History Month, my colleagues and I pored over hundreds of obituaries in The New York Times archives. Our new project, which we ...

A Saginaw County businessman has died more than 50 years after inventing a mobility device that continues to transform the lives of people with disabilities.

Shakshuka is the ultimate one-pan meal: a rich tomato sauce simmered with onions, garlic, and warm spices, then finished with eggs poached right in the pan. The key is getting the sauce thick enough ...

The thermometer doesn't always tell us how cold it feels outside. An Erie man came up with a formula that does. Wind chill, or how cold it actually feels based on the combined intensity of cold and ...