Mud is no longer considered just occasional dirt. During damp weather — and we’ve had plenty — the dark grainy intruder ...

Somewhere deep inside a glacier in Greenland are the remains of Camp Century, a short-lived experiment in making the Cold War ...

The men who were stationed there didn’t have the right sleds, couldn’t move across the ... small pieces of wood, leaves, mosses, a poppy seed. It’s stunning. A: It grabs your gut to see ...

As the popularity of these ice slides grew, wooden sleds with iron runners were introduced, increasing both speed and intensity. The first roller coaster featuring a train attached to a track ...

The builders would have most likely transported the stones using sleds on a track made from wooden beams, which implies a knowledge of friction, acceleration and center of mass. Recreation of the ...

The Step Pyramid of Djoser, one of Egypt’s oldest stone buildings, and the iconic Stonehenge in England stand out of some of ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

Later, however, things improved immeasurably when someone hit upon the idea of securing snowshoe-like rectangular wooden pads, called ‘boots,’ to horses’ hooves. This allowed horses to operate in the ...

This was then leveled with cross beams, so that the sleds on which they were mounted could slide easily ... The longevity of large stones (unlike wood) and their visual impact on the surrounding ...

Johnston, for whom he had been working for several years, to form Johnston and Sarjeant, a company that manufactured and sold coal, wood fuel, and building supplies ... and hauled to shore by sleds.