Ed Smylie, who became a quiet hero of the space age in 1970 when he and his fellow NASA engineers jury-rigged an air filter ...

Richard L Garwin, the creator of America's hydrogen bomb, died on May 13 at his home in Scarsdale, New York. He was 97.

José Andrés remembers when he went to Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake that the government estimates killed more ...

Art Laffer drew a convex curve on a napkin to illustrate the power of tax cuts to two senior officials from the Ford administration named Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. Unfortunately, they didn’t ...

Here is a look at the life of former US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: November 20, 1942 Birth place: Scranton, Pennsylvania Birth name: Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. Father: Joseph Robinette ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Richard Garwin, who died on May 13, 2025, at the age of 97, was sometimes called “ the most influential ...

He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking earned ...

Monday marks 64 years since New Hampshire native Alan Shepard became the first American to travel to space. On May 5, 1961, ...

There are exceptions, none more memorable than JFK’s 45th birthday, when the president was serenaded ... President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dan Gable in the Oval ...

In an article in The Atlantic timed for publication with his receipt of the US presidential medal of freedom in January, Bono wrote “freedom must come for the Israeli hostages” but also ...

Kennedy. The former president bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the U.S.’s highest civilian award, upon Francis before he left office in January. He was expected to visit ...

President Trump and other world leaders gathered in Rome on Saturday to honor the life of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88. The pope, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, had a ...