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New scholarship reveals details about the Native American at the center of the classic <em>Island of the Blue Dolphins</em>
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A wildlife photographer spots a swimming polar bear, completing the last lap of its summer migration. It's the perfect photo op
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A fresh philosophy aims to touch the lives of a billion people every year
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, opened the new Survivor Stories Experience this fall
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These reads will remedy even the direst cases of wanderlust
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That fateful discovery helped give us nuclear power reactors and the atomic bomb
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The works and machinations of Thomas Wilfred, a lone performer, inventor and visionary, are now on view
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Residents of the valley of Vajont in Italy had reservations about a new hydroelectric dam--especially when cracks began to appear in the nearby mountain
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Orca whales actually comprise two distinct types—and one may soon be destined to rise above the other
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Scientists are scooping up the pungent piles of data to measure the health of once-endangered ungulates
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A Smithsonian expert delves into the song and struggle at the heart of 'Four Women' at D.C.'s Arena Stage
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A new book tells the complex stories behind murderous women, the so-called “femmes fatales.”
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When kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst's voice was transmitted on Radio KPFK in 1974, it wasn't the desperate plea for freedom many expected
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New research on how occupants inhabit energy-efficient buildings reveals behaviors designers don't anticipate—and a slew of bloopers
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For some who moved west for work, this dream was temporary. For others, it lasted a lifetime
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Take a trip to the (very small) Big Top
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On tape, kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst disavowed her family and expressed her support for the Symbionese Liberation Army
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Even now, 350 years after his birth, the great Irish satirist Jonathan Swift remains as sharp and relevant as ever
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On the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, the murder mystery is not included
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Her eye for American history puts her in the vanguard. Her passion for justice makes her a hero
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