The history of ice in drinks goes back to antiquity. But it only really got going when a Bostonian started exporting ice to the British in colonial India.
Collecting data on invasive plants, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California.
Connar L'Ecuyer/NPS
The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting scientific field work across North America, leaving blank spots in important data sets and making it harder to track ecological change.
A statue of Henry David Thoreau in front of a replica of his cabin in Concord, Massachusetts.
Chris Devers
Thoreau spent his life pursuing the 'hard bottom' of truth. But he confronted a sensationalist newspaper industry that, in many ways, mimicked today's media environment.