Form is temporary, function is permanent. The most important inventions are the ones that relate to the human condition, and they crop up over and over again. Below, Houston shares five key insights ...

A woman standing next to a calculator taller than herself. Though we may not think about it, math and calculations permeate our everyday lives. We calculate tips at restaurants, determine how much ...

While we might have started out using our fingers and toes to count, humanity has been busy designing machines to help with calculations for hundreds of years. From early counting devices to modern ...