Hundreds of thousands of patents are issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for new inventions every year. Some of these creations, such as the lightbulb, personal computer, and automobile, ...

Stacker has chronicled social, scientific, and business inventions that changed America over hundreds of years.

All inventions cause the world to react in one way or another. In many cases, discoveries push the boundaries of human output and unlock unforeseen possibilities for the species. Of course, for every ...

Looking through the rubble of ancient civilizations, archaeologists have uncovered inventions so sophisticated they challenge everything we think we know about technological progress. While we often ...