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Modern air conditioning was invented in America, but not to keep people coolA printing issue in Brooklyn led to the invention of modern air conditioning. This innovation, initially for paper, became a lifesaver, dra...
28 May, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
In 1945, an engineer trying to improve wartime gun sights accidentally helped create the plastic that led to TupperwareIn a stroke of ingenuity, Earl Tupper turned leftover industrial materials into iconic food storage containers. His genius lay in creating ...
24 May, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
1945 Kitchen Revolution began with one strange accident: How Percy Spencer’s melted candy bar at Raytheon accidentally led to the invention of the Microwave OvenDuring World War II, radar technology became essential for detecting enemy aircraft and ships. Percy Spencer was working with magnetrons, d...
22 May, 2026, 12.16 AM IST
How Food Was Stored Before Modern Kitchens Changed EverythingLong before modern refrigerators, ancient humans mastered food preservation. They used sun, salt, cold, and microbes to store food for surv...
01 Apr, 2026, 05.44 PM IST
Here’s why developing countries can make COVID-19 mRNA vaccinesDepending on wealthy nations to donate billions of doses is not working, public health experts say. The solution, many now believe, is for ...
23 Oct, 2021, 09.03 AM IST
Containing the world: How containers are shaping the globe even todayThe pandemic has reinforced the importance of containers. In the early stages, as consumer demand plummeted, shipping companies unloaded ma...
21 Aug, 2021, 04.31 PM IST
View: Big Pharma has reinforced its saviour imageThe drug companies are the saviours that have doubled life expectancy in the last century, curing dozens of diseases once incurable, reliev...
03 Jan, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
IDBI Bank, PNB Housing and Alok Industries among stocks to track todayHere is a list of top stocks that are likely to be in focus in today's trading session.
25 Jun, 2018, 08.22 AM IST
The Apple question: When and why do great cos, ideas and technologies begin to falter?Established companies often don't innovate because the competitors' first products seem more like crude toys than real competition.
23 Dec, 2012, 06.27 AM IST