When an inventor has a unit of measurement named after him, it's clear his work had more than a small impact on scientific and industrial progress. So it was for James Watt, whose Watt engine is often ...

Some periods in our history are so transformative that they create a clear divide between the world before and after. We attribute the 18th and 19th centuries to such a period. Named the Industrial ...

Talk about a Great Stagnation. Watching the new Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, reminded me of the strange lack of progress in Westeros. Not much seems to change during the nearly two ...