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The Rubik’s Cube Turns 50

The Itsy Bitsy Spider Inspired a Microphone

Nick Holonyak Jr., Pioneer of LED Lighting, Is Dead at 93

Cultivating Coveted Morels Year-Round and Indoors

Isamu Akasaki, 92, Dies; Nobel Winner Lit Up the World With LEDs

Colombians Ask: Who Would Dare Patent Panela?

The need for caffeine was the mother of invention.

Arthur Ashkin, 98, Dies; Nobel Laureate Invented a ‘Tractor Beam’

Robert Gore, Inventor of Gore-Tex, Is Dead at 83

Takuo Aoyagi, an Inventor of the Pulse Oximeter, Dies at 84

Andrew Dibner, Medical Alert Pioneer, Is Dead at 93

What 13,000 Patents Involving the DNA of Sea Life Tell Us About the Future

Harvard and M.I.T. Scientists Win Gene-Editing Patent Fight