The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented ...

George Bernard Shaw, a member of the Simplified Spelling Soesiety. The English language is notorious for complex spelling rules-and the many words that break them. We all know i c ...

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Often considered the father of modern computer science, Alan Turing was famous for his work developing the first modern computers, decoding the encryption of German Enigma machines during the ...

At least 27 of the people killed in the Texas floods were at a century-old summer camp. One former attendee explains what the camp meant to generations of girls.

The years of Tudor rule saw unprecedented upheaval. Discover the huge changes that took place between the crowning of Henry VII and death of Elizabeth I.