Science
October 31, 2025
Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or dismissed. There are narratives of movements, strikes, popular organizations and people in Connecticut who changed the state and the country for the better.
October 15, 2025
Author Steve Thornton asks “Who really makes history”? In his new book, Radical Connecticut: People’s History in the Constitution State, co-authored by Andy Piascik, guest Steve Thornton tells the stories of everyday people and well-known figures whose work has often been obscured, denigrated, or dismissed. There are narratives of movements, strikes, popular organizations and people in Connecticut who changed the state and the country for the better.
September 1, 2025
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March 1, 2024
By David E. Leslie, PhD Archaeologists, in both public and research settings, have long searched Connecticut landscapes for evidence of peoples’ lifeways and histories in a generally successful effort to uncover compelling stories about the […]
December 3, 2023
By Amrys O. Williams On June 16, 1916, nearly 70 people gathered on the Wesleyan University campus to dedicate the college’s first purpose-built astronomical observatory. Named in honor of John Monroe Van Vleck, who had […]
December 3, 2023
By Ria Saxena and Jessica Vogelgesang The year was 1962. Gazing with wonder into the depths of the universe had become a new national pastime. The stars, the moon, and the entire galaxy seemed as […]
December 2, 2023
By Kristine M. Larsen Our state may be small, but its influence on astronomy is out of this world. Get to know seven Connecticut residents who made indelible marks on our understanding and appreciation of […]
December 1, 2023
By Evan E. Brown No one knows precisely when or where it happened. Still, sometime between August and October 1660, near Hartford, John Winthrop Jr., Connecticut’s governor and a natural philosopher, became the first person […]
August 2, 2016
by Marshall S. Berdan WINTER 2007/08 Weston is not a place where earth-shattering events often occur. But 200 years ago this December, something literally earth-shattering did happen in the inland farming community of 2,600. At […]
July 26, 2016
Re: Collections: Mastodon Frenzy (c) Connecticut Explored, Winter 2007/2008 By Elizabeth Collins By the 18th century, a massive, meat-eating elephant was haunting people’s dreams. Shawnee and Delaware tribal tales of meat-eating beasts hunted by giant […]