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Sometimes, the title is shortened. For example, the word-salad book titles The Invention of Hugo Cabret and The Cabin at the End of the World were shortened to Hugo and Knock at the Cabin ...

Decorating your house for Halloween is a tradition for many, but some of the D.C. region’s residents go the extra mile to ...

The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...

The integrated chip greatly improved the use for transistors, but it could only do what it was originally programmed to do. It couldn't change programs, and it certainly couldn't remember anything ...

Scientists might come up with great ideas for new technology, but it doesn't make much of a difference unless manufacturers start using the ideas. In the case of the integrated chip, industry was ...

A young orphan named Hugo Cabret lives in a train station in 1930s ... who help him understand the mystery of his dad's invention.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Mark Hughes is an entertainment writer covering cinema and genre TV. As discussion continues over whether creators and filmmakers who work ...

Already nearly all other interests have begun to cluster around invention. It is a matter of common remark that most of the capital of the country is somehow bound up in patents, or drifting ...

In order to distinguish between those who may and may not enter or leave, states everywhere have developed extensive systems of identification, central to which is the passport. This innovative book ...

In this book, Abdelmajid Hannoum demonstrates how the invention of the Maghreb started long before the conquest of Algiers and lasted until the time of independence, and beyond, to our present.