This spring will mark the Semiquincentennial — the 250th anniversary — of the events of April 19, 1775. On that day, the ...

The Marquis de Lafayette (Sept 6, 1757 – May 29, 1834) was a French aristocrat, military officer, politician and liberal ...

It might surprise you to learn that the bespectacled Benjamin Franklin was once quite the womanizer who fathered an ...

The U.S. Army ordered 65 of the 47Ds, which it dubbed the H-13 Sioux, while the Navy ordered 12, which it designated HTL-2.

Spread the love Introduction Throughout human history, certain individuals have left an indelible mark on the world, shaping ...

Spread the love Introduction The landscape of education is rapidly evolving, driven by technological advancements and ...

We often forget that we are the luckiest generation of photographers. Our cameras are quick, smaller, portable, and allow us ...

Bong Joon Ho is coming to Yale, Oscar trivia about "Anora," Kay Sage's artwork in Waterbury and a biopic about Alexander ...

France's Loire Valley arboretum puts heather and magnolias in the spring spotlight ...

What appears below is a text written by Edward Gorey in the early fifties which he never got around to illustrating. That was apparently his method—the words first and eventually—perhaps, as in this ...

While technically a sub-invention of the agricultural revolution, the development of irrigation systems allowed farmers to grow crops in areas with low rainfall or irregular water supplies.

Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Britain? Was it because they were particularly ingenious and industrial people or just luck of history? Various theories have been proposed, but which ...