In 1908 the first patent for a mobile phone was granted to Nathan B. Stubblefield. It was for a radiotelephone.

National Telephone Day is observed on the anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone in 1876.

A new book, Sister, Sinner, tracks the fantastic rise of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in 1920s Los Angeles — and her ...

Journey with me, reader, to a distant past – the 1980s. Yes, the age before the internet, and indeed before the widespread ...

Lightning causes losses of over Rs. 113.66 billion annually in Japan. To address this, Japanese scientists have developed drone technology that can redirect lightning strikes ...

One of the greatest inven­tors in American history, Granville T. Woods, is born in Columbus, Ohio. During his life he ...

Forensic ecologist Patricia Wiltshire has worked on over 300 criminal investigations, solving many using previously ...

This week, while the federal Conservatives were renewing their vows to crack down on so-called woke ideology, Nova Scotia ...

There was a time when very few people had the telephone in their home. The priest, the doctor and maybe the local shop were ...