And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: November 27th, 1701, 315 years ago today … the birthday of the Swedish scientist Anders Celsius. Celsius is best-known for the temperature scale that ...

The name Anders Celsius will be familiar to readers from his invention of the universally-used temperature scale. But Celsius (1701-1744) was much more than that: he was a professor of astronomy, he ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- This week, scientists in Sweden celebrated one of their own. Anders Celsius would have turned 318 years old on Monday. So, we thought we'd take this chance to answer a Good ...

Temperature in America is measured in degrees Fahrenheit, a system named after Polish-born physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), who moved to the Netherlands and became one of the pioneers ...

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ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 17: Charles Jones fixes Thanksgiving dinner ahead of time at his apartment in Arlington, Virginia Saturday November 17, 2018. (Photo by J. Lawler Duggan/For The Washington ...

In 1901, the U.S. Army War College was established in Washington, D.C. In 1909, author, poet and critic James Agee was born in Knoxville, Tenn. In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad began regularly ...

Brrr, it’s cold outside. Or is it? Depending on where in the world you grew up, Colorado’s winter weather may feel colder or less cold compared to what your body is used to. Mid-winter in Vail, the ...