A blend of equity, private debt and public investment drove the country's growth in the Industrial Revolution. To remain ...

We are on the very edge of what will be the next industrial revolution. Manufacturing, shipping, agriculture, mining, and even railroads and transportation stand to be much more productive.

Quantum fridges, batteries and clocks are brilliant inventions but still limited in power. Now physicist Nicole Yunger ...

The Industrial Revolution introduced new machines, new industries and new jobs...even for children. Before the Industrial Revolution craftspeople made things in their own homes or in small workshops.

The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century radically changed human labor, with a lot of good things (steam trains!) coming at the cost of bad things (child labor!). Brian Merchant is the author ...

Before the Industrial Revolution, making textiles was a slow process carried out by people using simple equipment, mostly in their own homes. By the end of the Industrial Revolution, the ...