Feb. 11, 1847: Look Out, World, Here Comes Tom Edison
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The world's most prolific inventor, whose contributions in the area of power, light and sound changed the world forever, is born.
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After 36 hours of what seemed like 19th-century living, a reporter emerges with a better understanding of how fragile America's infrastructure is.
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By Emma D. Sapong, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Feb.
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Jay Winik vividly portrays the tumultuous times in which America embarked on the great experiment, testing whether a continent-size country could successfully establish representative government. (Montesquieu, for one, had thought republics only suitable to city-states.)
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By Sarah Jane Tribble, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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By Joe Gamm, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb.
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In 1609, Henry Hudson discovered Delaware Bay. In 1774, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was born in New York City.
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1911 &#151; The World Series between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics was resumed after six days of rain, and Chief Bender beat Christy Mathewson 4-2 to give the A's 3-1 lead.
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There's change in store for Thomas Jefferson - on the nickel that is. He's getting his first makeover since being put on the coin in 1938.
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High-shutter-speed photography has come a long way from Muybridge's galloping horse in 1887 and even from Edgerton's strobe work in the 1950s and '60s. Milliseconds are an eternity compared to the attosecond images of electron drift we see today, if you get our drift.
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Tycho: But if you haven't seen it yet, you should - Street View in Google Maps. Holy F-ing S.(CW)TB
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For blind faith in technology it's hard to top the 1950s, and Hamilton's revolutionary watch is an iconic reminder of that faith -- both good and bad.
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Most people in the United States only think about where electricity comes from when the lights go out suddenly.
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Pricey petrol and flashy new technology could spark a railway revolution in the United States.
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By Roger Schlueter, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 18--Q. In watching a biography on Mark Twain, I heard an incident in Samuel Clemens' life that has had a direct effect on all of us today.
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Take a photo tour of the predecessors of your favorite modern-day devices. By Christopher Null from Wired magazine.
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Albuquerque Journal -- "What is there in thee, moon, that thou shouldst move My heart so potently?"     "Endymion," John Keats The first landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on Oct. 12, 1492, is commemorated on the second Monday of October...