All posts tagged "science"
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18.3K18MaineThe Red Paint People of Maine
Before the first colonists and explorers came to New England, before even the American Indian tribes lived here, there were the Red...
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52.7K9MassachusettsMargaret 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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5.6K2Arts and LeisureClarence DeMar Upends Medical Science, Proves Running Isn’t Bad for the Heart
Clarence DeMar survived a Dickensian childhood and bad medical advice to win the Boston Marathon seven times, despite taking two long breaks...
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8.5K7Arts and LeisureLeonard Nimoy Gets a Hand Up From JFK and EPP
In 1956, a 24-year-old taxicab driver named Leonard Nimoy got a call to pick up a Mr. Kennedy at the Bel-Air Hotel in...
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14.4K10MassachusettsThe 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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24.8K17Arts and LeisureBefore Groundhog Day, It Was Candlemas
Candlemas was always about two thing before it was about the groundhog: candles and the weather. For many Catholics, Candlemas was also...
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9.9K23ConnecticutThe Weston Meteorite of 1807 Brings Scientific Research to America
In 1807 a fireball streaked across the New England sky, broke into pieces and scattered over Weston, Conn. The young Yale professor...
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34.3K5MassachusettsWhat They Say About Snow in New England
New Englanders spend countless hours thinking about snow – analyzing it, predicting it, commenting on it. After all, New England gets a...
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3.5K5New HampshireSamuel Thomson Ridicules Modern Medicine
If New Hampshire’s Samuel Thomson had been George Washington’s doctor, America’s first president might well have lived another 10 years. Calomel was...
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3.8KMassachusettsDenton Crocker Writes a Love Letter From a Train, 1943
Denton Crocker spent World War II fighting the Allies’ deadliest enemy in the South Pacific: the mosquito. Malaria struck as many as...
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