In one of the grooviest bits of financial news to emerge Monday, Chicago private-equity firm Talon Merchant Capital disclosed that it has acquired the producer of the iconic 1960s fixture commonly ...

Lava lamps may be fun reminders of the 1970s, but these days, some are being used to help keep data secure. Nick Sullivan with a tech firm called Cloudflare shows a wall of lava lamps that are part ...

Since it tends to be associated with the shaga- delic 1970s, it is hard to believe the lava lamp is celebrating its 40th birthday. But although it seems somewhat younger, the ultimate retro “light ...

Sealed within a transparent, tapered, liquid-filled cylinder, illuminated colored globs slowly rise and fall. Meandering and deforming, their shapes and paths change unpredictably. Invented in 1963, a ...

Ah, the 1970s-a time of bell bottoms, lava lamps, and the sweet sound of disco. While those groovy days might seem like a distant memory, their influence still lingers in our homes, often hiding in ...

The story of the lava lamp begins in a Hampshire pub, where a British accountant named Edward Craven Walker spotted an unusual homemade egg timer made out of a cocktail shaker. In September 1963, he ...

Lava lamps may be fun reminders of the 1970s, but these days, some are being used to help keep data secure. Nick Sullivan with a tech firm called Cloudflare shows a wall of lava lamps that are part ...