In 1966, the New York Central Railroad built the M-497 “Black Beetle,” a jet-powered train using surplus B-58 Hustler bomber engines. Designed to prove that high-speed rail could work on existing ...

Back in 1966, a suitable toy for a geeky kid was a radio kit. You could find simple crystal radio sets or some more advanced ones. But some lucky kids got the Philips Electronic Engineer EE8 Kit on ...

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Born a “Coal Miner’s Daughter” in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, country music legend Loretta Lynn made herself at home in a man’s world. She didn’t paint a sheen over the often ugly realities women faced.

On this day (August 13) in 1966, KLUE-AM in Longview, Texas, organized the first-ever “Beatles Bonfire.” The station urged teens and parents to attend the event and burn records, posters, and “other ...

A: I’ve been asked about identification for a number of beetles this summer. This giant monster is a female Hercules beetle. The male can be a lighter color and typically has horns. They are known for ...

Your daily dose of North Country news with host, David Sommerstein, Story of the Day delivers the best regional stories from the North Country Public Radio newsroom every weekday from 5:48 - 6 pm as a ...

When Volkswagen rolled the 1973 model of its popular Beetle off the assembly line, customers could get the two-door “Bug” for $1,480. Today, buyers are paying as much as $95,000, according to the ...

A zookeeper shows off an American burying beetle at the St. Louis Zoo. Their staff is working to conserve this threatened species. American burying beetles bring dead animals underground, turn them ...

The eight toothed spruce bark beetle mainly attacks unhealthy trees, the Forestry Commission says There is a warning that a species of beetle being blown across the Channel from mainland Europe could ...

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