As the country celebrates its birthday, a small slice of Americana will celebrate its 50th anniversary in business. And in the rough-and-tumble, competitive toy business, this kind of longevity is ...

Milton Levine, co-inventor of the classic Ant Farm toy that gave millions of youngsters a sneak peak into the underground lives of insects, has died at age 97. Levine died of natural causes on Jan. 16 ...

HMFD chief executive Belinda Anderson said the decision to renew the farm innovation concept was made after inventors were left disappointed with the demise of the NSW Farm Inventor of the Year Awards ...

Dick Schirado has created motion-activated watering systems for cattle and other gadgets to make farm/ranch life easier, but says the real challenge is convincing others to bring his work to market.

Serial inventors Rob and Dave Gash spend most winters fabricating replacements and improvements to the kit they run across their 700ac of heavy Nottinghamshire land. Blackgrass pressures have forced ...

The gristmill at Cyrus McCormick’s Walnut Grove farm is nearing the final stages of a $100,000 facelift. The wooden and mortar building, on the 634-acre farm that belonged to the inventor of the first ...

To mark World Intellectual Property Day, a number of NSW and ACT inventors gathered in Canberra yesterday for the Great Inventors Barbecue. The event showcased a few innovations that might help with ...

LOS ANGELES — Milton Levine, co-inventor of the classic Ant Farm educational toy, has died. He was 97. His son, Steven, tells the Los Angeles Times that Levine died of natural causes on Jan. 16 at an ...

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Milton Levine, the novelty toy entrepreneur who dreamed up the hugely popular ant farm, has died at the age of 97. Uncle Milton's Ant Farm has sold more than 20 million copies. Host Melissa Block ...