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Hunting has long been a popular pastime in the United States, and for the nearly 16 million licensed hunters in the U.S., deer are by far the most sought-after game. Common across much of North...
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Each of the 50 states that comprise the United States of America has its own shape. How their shapes were determined provides insight into how the United States became a nation like no other. 24/7...
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City names are meant to describe and distinguish one community from another. But many cities are often named after a person who made a significant impact on the country as a whole. The result is a...
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In 1836, two Massachusetts residents found a series of three-toed tracks embedded in sandstone in the Connecticut River Valley. The president of Amherst College, Reverend Edward Hitchcock, described...
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Hunting, while no longer a practical necessity, remains a popular pastime in the United States – and one that has drawn rising public interest in recent years. According to the U.S. Fish &...
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A report published in Science in May forecast dire futures for the many of the largest and most famous lakes on our planet, more than half of which have lost vast amounts of water over the previous...
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The smell of marijuana is now a common part of everyday life in many cities, similar to ridesharing and food delivery services. What was once illegal across the board has now been decriminalized for...
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How the United States came to stretch from ocean to ocean is a riveting tale of exploration and rebellion. The original 13 colonies on the Atlantic coast declared independence from Britain in 1776,...
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Over 3.1 billion people – 42 % of the world’s population – were unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021, according to the United Nations. The cost of a healthy diet worldwide rose 6.7 %...
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This year the United States celebrated its 247th birthday – but many of its oldest continuously occupied settlements far predate the founding of the country. A few of the oldest towns around...
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The United States isn’t a very old country. When it was fighting its war for independence from England, China’s Qing Dynasty had already ruled for 130 years, India’s Mughal Empire was beginning...
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The size of lakes is measured by square miles of surface area. Based on this, the Caspian Sea, with a surface area of 143,000 square miles, is by far the largest lake in the world. Its shores touch...
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On July 26, the Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point, to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, making it more expensive to borrow money for everything from business loans...
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What was life in America like a century or more ago? We can read about it, of course, in books and articles written at the time as well as in the works of historians of the period. But fortunately,...
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The honking of impatient drivers, the pre-dawn crashing sounds of garbage collection, the hovering of police and news helicopters, the inconsideration of neighbors – lots of stuff contributes...
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