Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

With an industrial look and durable design, the modern Edison light bulb is a popular choice when it comes to lighting spaces in the home, whether adorning a bathroom vanity, illuminating a kitchen or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests Thomas Edison’s early light bulbs may have unknowingly produced graphene more than a century ago. (CREDIT: ...

Thomas Edison often gets credit for the invention of the light bulb, but a good argument can be made that they were around ...

Did one of history’s most famous inventions quietly create the superstar material of modern clean tech more than a century ahead of its time? A new materials science study suggests that the carbon ...

Thomas Edison’s original patents surrounding the light bulb and an archive of 37 original British Patent Letters related to the incandescent lamp have been sold at auction for US$75,000. Though Thomas ...

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Ernest Freeberg is head of the history department at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and the author of "The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America." Professor ...