An endowment accompanying rare instruments lets them be heard in performances and on recordings
Painting martyrs and producing state funerals and pageants, the artist fueled France's bloody revolutionary fervor
At the University of Vermont, scientists work to pinpoint the source of your pain
It may seem primitive, but it can do some things you wouldn't want to try at home
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Before the phonograph and lightbulb, the electric pen helped spell the future for Thomas Edison
Across America, short-line freight trains are pulling their weight
The masterful modernist manipulated light, form and focus to create color-strewn scenes of everyday life
A dashing nonconformist himself, Ludwig Bemelmans conferred a winning waywardness on his headstrong heroine
At Mount Independence, heroic Americans held off the British in a confrontation that changed the course of the Revolutionary War
Tales of pirates, diplomacy and espionage frame America's liaison with the exotic city
The Smithsonian embarks on an ambitious project to preserve the Star-Spangled Banner
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A tiny flake started the rush to California, but where gold is concerned, that isn't the half of it
Plain old barnyard animals with genes from other species added are producing medicines that keep people alive
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