From our readers
A new poem by Carol Muske-Dukes
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No novelist captured the muddy waterway and its people like the creator of Huckleberry Finn, as a journey along the river makes clear
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John Singleton Copley left for Europe on the eve of the American Revolution. A historian and her teenage son made the trip to see why
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Thirty years ago, astronauts set out on the first untethered space odyssey
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If you’re looking for some of America’s best bourbon, denim and burgers, go to Japan, where designers are re-engineering our culture in loving detail
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Strong and brave, the Amazons were a force to be reckoned with in Greek mythology—but did the fierce female warriors really exist?
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An unlikely place for immigrants from central Asia, New Hampshire is an ideal adopted homeland
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This summer, a ship named after naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry will set sail
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You asked, we answered
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Biologists are in a race to locate and identify new species as habitats become victim to an industrialized world
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Sarah Schoenfield’s experience as a bartender put her on the path to giving a “face” to illegal drugs
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On Twitter and Facebook, which spreads quickest: joy, sadness or disgust?
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One hundred years ago, the Bonneville Salt Flats became a racing paradise
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The research into the relationship between quick thinking and methodical reasoning could take some time to decipher
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Post retirement, he will be spending more time in Douglas, Georgia
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A helicopter has just one rotor to provide lift. This machine has 18
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You asked, we answered
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Why someone would translate Herman Melville’s classic into emoticons
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Forensic linguistics can use powerful programs to track written text back to its author
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