Piston engines are the heart of many machines we use today, from cars and airplanes to industrial machinery and motorcycles.

ORLANDO — The Detroit Pistons entered the game with a losing streak old enough to vote — 18. Soon, it may be old enough to drink. The suffered their 19th straight loss on Friday, 123-91 to an ...

While early 19th century discussions around pedometers focused on men’s usage, by the second half of the century the devices became part of women’s fashion and close surveillance as well.

Archaeologists found an 800-ton Dutch merchant vessel lost in 1857 off the coast of South Australia, offering a rare look into the region’s maritime trade history.

Yet the prospect of continuing dominance in this 21st-century technology hinges on harnessing a 19th-century one: electricity. That’s where America has a long way to go.

A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands.

Physicists just reconstructed a 19th-century paradox that seems to violate the second law of thermodynamics (but really doesn’t).

In the late 19th century, a nurse named Letitia Mumford Geer saw room to improve the medical syringe. Despite her influence, her story isn't widely known today. But the era was also a period of ...

Cold case solved: College students help ID the remains of a 19th century sea captain. May 23, 2025 4:52 PM ET. By . Alana Wise People walk along the beach in Margate, N.J., on Sept. 4, 2016.