Henry David Thoreau’s river journals from the 19th century are now helping scientists understanding the effects of climate change on New England's seasons. Thoreau's meticulous notes on river ...

Henry David Thoreau rose with the winter sun for his morning excursion. He set out along the old Indian paths winding their way through the woods, made newly visible by the light snow that had ...

Henry David Thoreau, author of Walden and Civil Disobedience, was born 200 years ago in 1817. Biographer Kevin Dann says the philosopher's ideas about individual sovereignty remain relevant today.

Henry David Thoreau, plus my 60 years and 4,000 miles of hiking in the Mansfield-Norton Great Woods, taught me how forests evolve. From colonial days into the 19th century, much of what later becam… ...

Thoreau daguerreotype Photo courtesy National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of anonymous donor On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau decided it was time to be alone. He settled in ...

The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it — and what might he have made of its modern meaning?

But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he’s credited with introducing, “brain rot,” is the Oxford University Press’s word or ...

Researchers Found Hidden Science in Henry David Thoreau’s 170-Year-Old Journals. It goes far beyond Walden Pond. By Elizabeth Rayne Published: May 14, 2025 9:00 AM EDT. Karl Tapales // Getty Images.

But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he's credited with introducing, "brain rot," is the Oxford University Press's word or phrase ...