Americans Caught ‘Victoria Fever’ For The British Queen’s 1838 Coronation
Such delicacies as ‘Victoria soap’ could be bought in America as a souvenir of the occasion
Creating a Full Palette of Blues
How the discovery of a new metal helped to change painting forever
Humans Polluted the Air Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
Ice cores suggest that humans have been polluting the air with lead for at least 2,000 years
The First “Chocolate Chip” Was a Molasses Candy
The name “chocolate chip” goes back much farther than the Toll House cookies
The US Declared “Loyalty Day” in the 1950s to Erase Worker Protest
Under Eisenhower during the Cold War, “Loyalty Day” was declared to paper over International Workers’ Day
A Civil War Colonel Invented Fracking in the 1860s
His first invention was an ‘oil well torpedo,’ but it was followed by others
“Are Women Animals?” Asked One 19th-Century Letter Writer
If women couldn’t have the rights of full human beings, “An Earnest Englishwoman” asked, could they at least have as many legal protections as animals?
The ASPCA’s Founder Was Known as “The Great Meddler”
Although Bergh’s efforts to prevent animal cruelty weren’t well-received by all, the ASPCA did change how animals were seen in the United States
The American Garment Workers Who Helped Inspire International Women’s Day
Jobs in the garment industry were some of the first to empower women in the industrial workforce
John D. Rockefeller Was the Richest Person To Ever Live. Period
Standard Oil, his company, is one of the biggest reasons we have anti-monopoly laws
When Robots Take All of Our Jobs, Remember the Luddites
What a 19th-century rebellion against automation can teach us about the coming war in the job market
The Hidden Connections Between Darwin and the Physicist Who Championed Entropy
These magnificently bearded men both introduced a dose of randomness and irreversibility into the universe
How the American Civil War Built Egypt’s Vaunted Cotton Industry and Changed the Country Forever
The battle between the U.S. and the Confederacy affected global trade in astonishing ways
New Evidence Shows Peppered Moths Changed Color in Sync With the Industrial Revolution
Scientists used “jumping genes” as a time machine to track down changes in moths’ appearance
When Newspapers Reported on Gun Deaths as “Melancholy Accidents”
A historian explains how a curious phrase used by the American press caught his eye and became the inspiration for his new book
How Malaria Gave Us Mauve
Tropical diseases and coal tar have a lot to do with brightly-colored clothing
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When “Danger” Is Art’s Middle Name
A new exhibit looks at the inspiration that comes from the clash of glory and catastrophe
America’s Company Towns, Then and Now
A look at these small towns across the United States shows the good, the bad and the ugly of the industrial boom
Celebrating Pittsburgh, the City Behind Pro Football, Big Macs and the Polio Vaccine
The Pennsylvanian city had more lives than a cat and thrives as a hub of innovation
What the Luddites Really Fought Against
The label now has many meanings, but when the group protested 200 years ago, technology wasn’t really the enemy
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