1,063 years ago today, Emperor Taizu ascended to the imperial throne of China and ushered in the Song Dynasty—one of the greatest periods of Chinese civilization,...
In New England, entrepreneurs have taken an unorthodox path to support local and sustainable agriculture—they started a bank. Encapsulating the spirit of Thoreau, Walden Mutual Bank,...
When a Massachusetts woman lost consciousness at the wheel of her car on the highway, she can thank her lucky stars she did it in view...
After a Finnish scuba diver saw how harmful out-of-control algae blooms could be to the marine environment below their green clouds, she founded a refining company...
The Japanese penchant for wielding large curved swords goes back much further in time than previously thought, the new excavation of a 4th-century tomb revealed. In...
88 years ago today, Johnny “Guitar” Watson was born. John Watson Jr. was a super-showman electric guitar player and singer in the style of T-bone Walker,...
A startup looking to find better ways to mass-produce lumber for construction has swapped trees for grass. It turns out that with sophisticated laminating and molding...