Radio Saved The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was only supposed to stand in Paris for 20 years... but experiments in "wireless telegraphy" helped convince the powers that be to keep the tower in place.
Car Booted In Her Own Driveway
That doesn't sound good.
When Ford Introduced The Soybean Car
On this day in 1942, the patent was issued for a car that was to be (at least partly) made from soybeans. And it was the idea of none other than Henry Ford.
The Dentist Who Put On A Vaudeville Show To Distract Patients
Dental history is, shall we say, complicated. Edgar "Painless" Parker would distract his dental patients by putting on a vaudeville show as he worked.
What’s In A Baby Name? A Pop Song
All kinds of pop culture can lead to trends in baby names, but there’s research that shows that when a hit song has climbed up the pop charts, the same name starts climbing the list of baby names.
Smart Intersections Could Help Make Self-Driving Cars Smarter
You’ve heard about making cars smarter, but what about smarter intersections? Cornell researchers find that making intersections more autonomous could help get self-driving cars where they want to go more efficiently.
A Guy In Michigan Drives A Banana Car
The busiest travel season of the year is getting underway, so here's a story about a vehicle right out of Richard Scarry’s Busytown: the Big Banana Car, which is a 15 foot long banana with four seats on the frame of a Ford F-150.
Cakes, Cookies and Doughnuts: This Week’s YouTube Videos To Watch With Your Kids
This week's videos are (very) loosely themed around desserts - fitting that we're all coming down from the Halloween sugar rush.
Here In My Hollywood Car Exhibit, I Feel Safest Of All
The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is about to open a new exhibit called “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy." If you’ve ever wanted to get close to the coolest rides the big screen ever shared with us - like, say, the DeLorean in "Back to the Future" - this is your chance.
The Many Moods Of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Thirty years ago today was the last regular season game of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, one of the greats on and off the court.