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Midas Touch
To clean highly polluted groundwater, Michael Wong has developed a detergent based on gold
Neanderthal Man
Svante Pääbo has probed the DNA of Egyptian mummies and animals. Now he hopes to decode the DNA of our evolutionary cousins
35 Who Made a Difference: Janis Carter
The primate who taught other primates how to survive in the wild
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When Major Leaguer Eddie Grant Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
The Harvard-trained lawyer and professional baseball player Eddie Grant volunteered to serve in World War I. He fought as he'd played: selflessly
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The Limerick is Furtive and Mean...
From the Maigue poets to Ogden Nash, witty wordsmiths have delighted in composing the oft-risqué five-line verses
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