Though the Girl Scouts of the USA initially declared itself a space for all girls, the reality was different for girls of color
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Protect your eyesight with eclipse glasses, binoculars, telescopes or lens filters
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Columbus became Columbus in the American Revolution—when the colonials sought out an origin story that didn’t involve the British
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This year, visitors will find a clear plastic covering protecting the fragile marble headstone
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The overpass will provide safe passage for mountain lions, coyotes, deer, lizards, snakes and other wild animals crossing the 101 Freeway
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A new study found that one in five children reported not drinking any water on a given day
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A self-taught engineer, Margaret Knight bagged a valuable patent, at a time when few women held intellectual property
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A prolific composer, Queen Liliʻuokalani created some of the most popular Hawaiian tunes and compositions of all time
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Over the past three decades, Earth’s number of annual ocean heat wave days rose by more than 50 percent
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Experts argue that the abstract "Tree Roots" is a more likely candidate than the oft-cited "Wheatfield With Crows"
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Stocked with saltwater fish from around the world, Bonneville Seabase is an ocean in the middle of the state
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After 30 years in St. Louis, the American Kennel Club museum is back in the Big Apple, with artifacts, portraits and a kiosk that matches people to dogs
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If the rain keeps up, the deserts and burn scars will soon explode with acres of colorful poppies, lupines, lilies and other ephemeral flowers
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The evolving project highlights landmarks in Paris that were “financed, imagined or made by women”
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Production of the iconic treat ground to a halt after the company that makes them went out of business
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The unforgettable, 99.9 percent perfect, December moon mission marked the end of a tumultuous year
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Over 10,000 African-American troops mustered at Camp Nelson, which also offered refuge for their enslaved wives and children
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Massachusetts seventh grader Anna Du has developed an ROV that moves through water and detects microplastics on the seafloor
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A new report warns that war and increased natural disasters from climate change are beginning to reverse gains made in recent decades
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You can make your own iconic Cheesehead hat for this year’s football season at the Foamation factory in Milwaukee
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The Amos Rex Museum is located beneath Lasipalatsi, a 1930s shopping center known as the ‘Glass Palace’
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Eye of the Glacier
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