It is Mark Twain to whom the quote “Write what you know” is most often attributed. It’s advice I try to live by — writing about my personal experiences, passions and areas of expertise. But there are ...

Forget the Internet and the cellphone. If you want to think of an amazing advance in technology, travel back to 1929 and the invention of television. In “The Farnsworth Invention,” two ambitious ...

From the pioneering black-and-white broadcasts of the 1920s to today’s streaming mega-series, the invention of television changed the world’s entertainment. TV has been a major part of global culture ...

An unidentified man (possibly John Logie Baird) holds Stooky Bill (left) and another ventriloquist’s dummy used in Baird’s first TV transmissions. John Logie Baird made history by transmitting the ...