Jan. 30, 1790: The Lifeboat, an Idea Whose Time Has Come
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The first boat built specifically as a rescue craft is tested, and its success  means the preservation of thousands of lives in the years to come.
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Boston, cradle of the American Revolution, is making some new history for itself these days.
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By Mark Harrington, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Sep.
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Arguably the 20th century's most important invention made its debut 60 years ago today.
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How research in the wake of the French Revolution opened the door for modern medicine.
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American students often get the impression from history classes that the British got here first, settling Jamestown, Va., in 1607. They hear about how white Northerners freed the black slaves, how Asians came in the mid-1800s to build Western railroads. The lessons have left out a lot.
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By Andrea Weigl, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb.
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By The News &amp; Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 26--The state Senate has unwisely passed a bill that permits an unnamed community to use a sea groin experiment to fight inlet erosion. With that in mind, it's appropriate to recall the recent history of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
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The winds of change are upon us.
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Four years ago, scientists thought they had found the perfect place to settle the Noah flood debate: A farmer's house on a bluff overlooking the Black Sea built about 7,500 years ago &#151; just before tidal waves inundated the homestead, submerged miles of coastline and turned the freshwater lake into a salty sea.
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By Chad Lawhorn, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Feb. 3--The ideas are flowing now.
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Nearly 150 years ago it was no more than  a concept by a visionary scientist, but researchers have now  created a minuscule motor that could lead to the creation of  microscopic nanomachines.
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Belfast and Titanic were once both synonyms for disaster. Now the Northern Irish city wants to make the doomed liner its symbol of a brighter future
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More than 229 years ago, Gen. Benedict Arnold led his crew of sailors on Lake Champlain against a far superior British fleet near here and lost. But their dogged fight in October 1776 delayed British movement south for a year, when they would be defeated in the Battle of Saratoga.
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It's taking on water, and debt.
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By Cammen, Leon M  In last year's Review and Forecast article for Sea Technology magazine, we presented some of the activities being undertaken by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Sea Grant College Program in response to President George W.
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Scottish lifeboat crews rescued nearly 900 people in their third busiest year since records began.