For the longest time, people who wanted to learn how to drive had to do it using a stick shift or a manual transmission. Before the turn of the century, most cars came with this type of transmission.

Here is everything you need to know. The QR code was first invented in 1994 by Japanese engineer Masahiro Hara. At the time, he was working at Denso Wave, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation.

Gene Wolfe worked as an engineer at Procter & Gamble in the 1960s, at the height of “food science.” Here’s how the legendary ...

Widely regarded as the father of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin is one of those historical greats who is known simply by his last name. He has not one, but three museums dedicated to his legacy ...

Paul Klee’s “Angelus Novus,” which inspired Walter Benjamin, Laurie Anderson and Wim Wenders, will go on show to commemorate ...

The Pirates fan who fell from the 21-foot Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park in Pittsburgh has been identified, as a community leader says he is "fighting for his life." Kavan Markwood, 20 ...

Shiloh Hendrix's fundraising page initially had a financial goal set for $50,000 givesendgo Shiloh Hendrix, the White woman who appeared to hurl a racist slur at a Black child in a now viral video ...

It was June 6th, 1968, and Robert F. Kennedy, the leading contender to become the Democratic presidential nominee, had just been assassinated in Los Angeles. Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the city’s chief ...

The fan who fell over the right field wall and onto the field at the Pittsburgh Pirates’ PNC Park Wednesday night has been identified. Kavan Markwood, a 20-year-old former college football ...

Brown University sophomore Alex Shieh wants to take a Department of Government Efficiency-style chainsaw to the college’s bureaucracy — and he started by emailing thousands of school ...

As the NBA prepares to award the 2024–25 league MVP, a look at the oldest and youngest players to take home basketball's top individual honor.

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