With an industrial look and durable design, the modern Edison light bulb is a popular choice when it comes to lighting spaces in the home, whether adorning a bathroom vanity, illuminating a kitchen or ...

EDISON – This summer, when the monument to Thomas Alva Edison on Christie Street reopens after two years of renovations, a small but symbolically significant change will take place. The 14-foot-tall ...

As I research my family history, preparing a book about my grandmother Madeleine Edison Sloane, “Edison’s Daughter,” I occasionally come across holiday pictures of Glenmont. This was my ...

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Timed to mark the 131st anniversary of the invention of the light bulb by Thomas Edison—whose birthday is marked by a Google doodle today—General Electric on October 21 unveiled an illumination ...

Thomas Edison did not try 10,000 times before inventing the light bulb, nor did he labor in a dusty workshop by himself. That's according to David Burkus, author of "The Myths of Creativity," who says ...

Forget candles. Nothing sets the mood like a lovely lightbulb dangling artfully from the ceiling. But what kind to choose? Incandescents traditionally offer a wide range of coloring and lighting ...