Science and Nature
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209.0K30The 1911 Heat Wave Was So Deadly It Drove People Insane
A July 1911 heat wave killed thousands of New Englanders and sent many over the brink of madness. During 11 hellish days,...
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52.7K9Margaret Hamilton, the Woman Who Put the Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong owed his moon walk on July 20, 1969 to a former high school teacher named Margaret Hamilton. It took more...
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6.7K3Albert Einstein Summers in Rhode Island, Connecticut
Even the greatest minds need a rest now and then, and in the 1930s Albert Einstein rested his in New England, spending...
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15.2K5The Great Salem Fire of 1914 Burns Half the City out of Their Homes
The Great Salem Fire of 1914 was one of the last great urban fires of the era. It followed the Portland, Maine,...
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3.3K3The 1799 Tornado in Newbury – Panic and Renewal
It was a still September night, about 1799; some Newbury residents were dancing at a late party, others were sleeping soundly and...
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3.7K6Henry David Thoreau Studies Climate Change (Without Realizing It)
Henry David Thoreau helped today’s climate scientists when he recorded in his journal the exact dates that plants, shrubs and trees blossomed...
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4.2K3Arthur Walden and a Dog’s Life of Adventure
In 1922, Arthur Walden checked into a New Hampshire hotel in Colebrook with Chinook, his dog, at his side. He informed the...
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14.4K10The Stolen Library That Launched America’s 1st Math Genius, Nathaniel Bowditch
In 1791, two Salem ministers let an 18-year-old apprentice named Nathaniel Bowditch use the private library to which they belonged. Maritime navigation...
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12.8K7The Purple Fire Snowstorm of 1853 – 20 Minutes of Terror Downeast
A snowstorm raged for a full day in Downeast Maine on March 13, 1853, when at sundown the winds suddenly grew calm....
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11.9K13Colonial Outhouses, or George Washington (Probably) Sat Here
Colonial potty humor has pretty much disappeared, and so have colonial outhouses – but a Connecticut museum is bringing them back. The...
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