A brief history of barbed wire

Looking back on the invention's complicated past.

By Eleanor Cummins
April 11, 2019

Latest

How to buy carbon offsets that actually make a difference
The best car and automotive technologies of 2020
Why is it so hard to predict the weather?
Turn soap bubbles into magical frozen orbs
Thoughtful gifts for someone in grief
The 8 most helpful new home products of 2020
How the autonomous vehicle engineers at Ford are helping to make it safer to drive
Here’s the real story behind Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’
Hyundai plans to build dozens of vehicles on its new modular EV platform