invention
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How does the human brain produce abilities such as language, imagination, mathematics, and invention?
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
When a tycoon on Wall Street tells you about an exciting new invention in “financial engineering,” reach for your wallet.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Jim Patterson, 79, owner of Two Rivers Paper in Watchet, Somerset, still makes paper using techniques that pre-date the invention of the paper machine in 1806.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Mr. Morris said in a statement that such music “happens to be vast, contradictory, and full of invention, so there’s plenty to work with.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
In any case, there were alternatives to the language of progress which served exactly the same purpose—the languages of invention and discovery.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Cyber security Professor Alan Woodward from Surrey University told reporters OpenAI had "egg on it's face", and Katie Moussouris from Luta Security went further, suggesting the AI industry is failing to control its dangerous inventions.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Some breakthroughs in physics come from brand new inventions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Over the past 250 years, America has produced the world’s most valuable inventions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
On the back of hopes it could save farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Monarch tractor made Time magazine’s list of the year’s best inventions in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
“A lot of inventions ... dangerous ones. If my mother wants me to use this plan, she must think things are very bad.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing invention
The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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The Stone Age - Middle School and High School
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