Looking back at the sweeping changes of the industrial era, can we anticipate challenges and opportunities created by this ...

The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century might seem an obvious starting point, but new research suggests that the Anthropocene began much earlier -- possibly as early as 1620.

Before the Industrial Revolution, the main textiles were made from wool and a plant fibre called flax. These proved difficult for factory machines to work with.

Human civilization has seen three major revolutions in its history. We had the Agricultural Revolution of the ancient times, the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th to early 19th century and ...

Yet this has, in fact, been true of every other industrial revolution that has come before. ... In fact, the phrase the fourth Industrial Revolution has been around for more than 75 years.