Power lines are a regular part of our day-to-day lives now as they carry electricity through the world, but when were they first invented? ... Bettmann/Getty Images. In February 1879, ...

The year was 1935, and times were unstable. Hitler was rising in power, and tragically, we know what that led to for many Jews and other minorities, including a 32-year-old rare book curator who ...

The United States needs 47,300 gigawatt-miles of new power lines by 2035, which would expand the current grid by 57 percent, the Energy Department reported in February.