If you can never connect to a printer, if furniture jumps out to stub your toe, if when you do... more

400 years ago on the River Thames a mad genius showed off the world's first submarine. A crowd of thousands... more

Fire is the unsung hero of human evolution. We could not have turned into the big-brained, deep-thinking animals we are... more

For most of their history, High Heels were resolutely masculine. The most manly of manly footwear. How did they turn... more

What do all incredibly cool people have in common? They wear Sunglasses. Whether you're Miles Davis or Audrey Hepburn, James... more

The Titan submersible implosion was a tragic example of marine exploration going wrong. Today Dallas speaks to one of the... more

Why are men in charge? Who invented Patriarchy?Was it chest-thumping primate ancestors? Was it spear-wielding hunter gatherers? Was it at... more

In 1950, a new word ‘brainwashing’ entered the English language. From the paranoia of the Cold War a new type... more

No invention conjures up the 'Old World' as much as the Sword. It's an utterly iconic object that whisks us... more

In a leaky shed in Paris, Marie Curie turned two tons of pitchblende (aka special rocks) into a single test... more

Nanotechnology may seem like something from a sci-fi movie plot, but it’s a very real thing and has likely affected... more

Wernher von Braun launched America's space programme, and took Apollo 11 to the moon. He was also a Nazi member... more

What did humans do before calculators? How big was the very first electronic calculator? And what do monkey bones have... more

Robert Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb - a weapon of unprecedented power, which, when dropped on Japan,... more

Was Coca Cola originally made with Cocaine? Did Coca Cola invent Santa? Who knows the Coca Cola recipe? Dallas is... more

Fritz Haber is an undisputed genius and is considered one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th Century. He’s... more

She’s the most famous cat’s in the world. She’s definitely the most expensive. She’s worth a cool $84.5 Billion. She’s... more

Isn’t it mind-blowing that a thermos flask can keep your drink hot or cold for 8 hours, despite what’s happening... more

Think about how intimate our relationship with technology is. In today’s day and age, it’s almost impossible to function in... more

Spearmint, peppermint, double-bubble. You may think that chewing gum is a modern invention, when in fact we've been chewing the... more