Science and Nature
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2.5K5Flashback Photo: Quinnipiac River, Connecticut, 1907
This vintage postcard view of the Quinnipiac River was taken in 1907 from Wallingford, Conn. ‘Quinnipiac’ comes from an Algonquian phrase meaning...
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4.4K3Count Rumford, The Loyalist Ben Franklin
Benjamin Thompson played a part in the American Revolution and the revolution in thermodynamics – and then became the German Count Rumford,...
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28.7K21The 1936 Flood That Engulfed New England
The great 1936 flood began on March 11 with a downpour in New England that didn’t stop for 14 days. The rain...
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13.1K6Boys, Be Ambitious! The Japanese Legacy of UMass’s William Smith Clark
Travelling in Japan, if you said to someone, ‘Boys, Be Ambitious!’ you would be readily understood. It’s a widely used expression, and...
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6.7K6Robert Goddard, Rocket Scientist, Annoys the Neighbors
As a teenager, Worcester’s Robert Goddard climbed a cherry tree on his family farm on Oct. 19, 1899 and dreamed of building...
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56.7K16Surprising Stories: The Great White Hurricane of 1888
The Great White Hurricane of 1888 struck on the night of March 11 and continued furiously for two days, dumping as much...
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6.8K2Henry David Thoreau Goes Looking for Signs of Spring
On the afternoon of March 9, 1855, Henry David Thoreau roamed the woods looking for signs of spring. It was a cloudy,...
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4.1K15What They Say in New England About the Weather
The days may be getting longer but spring weather — warm spring weather — is still a long way off in New...
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4.8K7Iceberg, The Guernsey Cow That Went to Antarctica
Of all the Guernsey cattle that can claim Cow Island, N.H., as their ancestral home, Iceberg is perhaps the most celebrated. Iceberg...
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12.3K49Remembering the Great Snow of 1717 in New England
The worst winter ever in New England was probably not 2015, but 1717, when staggering amounts of snow fell in what became...
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