She came out to play — and petrify. A 134-year-old talking doll invented by Thomas Edison managed to spook social media users — who called it “horrifying” and “the stuff of nightmares.” Before ...

Edison made many trips to Northumberland County, and one man from Watsontown did some research to find out why.

As twilight descended over North Jersey on Dec. 9, 1914, an explosion tore through Thomas Edison’s laboratory complex. The blast originated in the West Orange facility's film inspection building.

If you thought Elon Musk’s favorite question to ask job applicants was tough, you should see the employment test devised by Thomas Edison. When he wasn't busy inventing the light bulb or phonograph, ...

Just the other day, I heard one of the earliest popular recorded sambas, Donga’s “Pelo Telefone,” from 1916 and released on an Edison talking record, probably a wax cylinder. A few years later the ...

What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According to a recent publication from the lab of ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Back in 1885, Thomas Edison was one of the original snowbirds after building a winter estate on Florida's southwest coast. His home, known as the Seminole lodge, became a winter ...

Thomas Edison was way ahead of his time when he predicted, “The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and the cause and ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 31, 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for his new camera: the kinetograf. This innovation was a stepping stone to the creation of cinematic cameras and projectors.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford are famous for their innovations in electricity generation and automobiles respectively, but they were also at the forefront of a massively popular ...

A Watsontown man delved into the local history of Thomas Edison's visits to central Pennsylvania.

The Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum, 9 N. Edison Drive in Milan, is an inspiring place, said Kaitlyn Brulia, development director for the facility. At the Edison Birthplace Museum, Brulia’s primary ...