Swedish inventor and scholar Alfred Nobel, who made a vast fortune from his invention of dynamite in 1866, ordered the creation of the famous Nobel prizes in his will. His 1895 testament stipulated ...

Most people know Alfred Nobel as the founder of the Nobel Prize, but few know the shocking story that inspired it. After a ...

You probably know the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel as the founder of the Nobel Prize and the inventor of dynamite, but he created even more than that over his lifetime, with 355 patents in his name by ...

Imagine being woken up at dawn by a phone call telling you you've just won the world's most famous prize. Every October, the world turns its attention to a set of announcements that can change lives ...

The Nobel prizes may be one of the most famous and prestigious awards in the world—but who was the man behind them? As I explain in my lectures about Alfred Nobel, the inventor and entrepreneur has ...

- Nobel hoped that the destructiveness of dynamite, the 1866 invention that made him rich, would help bring an end to war. - He was friends with a well-known peace campaigner, Bertha von Suttner. Some ...

Rain chances are trending downward through the middle of the week, but expect scattered storms to return again on Thursday. This year's Fourth of July celebration is bigger than ever as the country ...