Political controversies have rocked Florida lately, but they can't compare with the hysteria unleashed during the land boom of the 1920s
By their first birthday, babies are getting locked into the sounds of the language they hear spoken
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For Dromedary Trekkers in Australia's Outback, it's Camelot in the Desert
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Scientists dream of giving people new genes that will stop a disease or fix a problem. It is harder than anyone thought
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Studying the nighttime hours across the centuries, says historian Roger Ekirch, sheds light on preindustrial society
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The vaults of the Natural History Museum in Paris contain a menagerie of curious crustaceans
Historian, photographer and Macarthur "genius," Deborah Willis documents the black experience
If Patrick Dougherty shows up in town, he's there to make art - with a twist - out of sticks
Retired from the track, thoroughbred First Flight served as a "factory" to produce botulism antitoxin
Khanty reindeer herders of northwestern Siberia have fought cold weather and foreign incursions for centuries, but these people may not weather the storm
At a scriptorium in Wales, calligraphers are applying medieval arts to create the 21st-century Saint John's Bible
There's a special quality in some dogs call it loyalty, heroism or just plain courage that comes alive under fire
WARNING: Words fill Anu Garg's dreams, and waking hours too. He shares his favorites on the Web with thousands
Some say alchemy inspired our greatest scientist
At a seasonal herring shack in North Carolina, the house specialty evokes memories of an earlier era
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