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A half-century ago, a U.S. military test lit up the skies and upped the ante with the Soviets
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In a new book, political junkie Robert W. Merry shares his three-part test
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"She killed her sister, butchered her elder brothers, murdered the ruler, poisoned her mother," the chronicles say. But is the empress unfairly maligned?
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In the 21st century, everyone will be smarter—even animals.
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In 1904, St. Louis hosted the Olympic Games as part of the World's Fair—and produced a spectacle that incorporated all the mischief of the midway
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One rogue shark. Five victims. A mysterious threat. And the era of the killer great white was born
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A schoolgirl and a former traveling Bible salesman helped turn deodorants and antiperspirants from niche toiletries into an $18 billion industry
As we near the first anniversary of the visionary's death, we ask you one simple question
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In 1919, Popular Science magazine imagined how Earthlings might communicate with Mars
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Voted female athlete of the 20th century, the runner won four gold medals while pregnant with her third child
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Records at the National Archives in London show how organizers cobbled together the 1948 "Austerity" Games
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In 1954, a special issue of Collier's magazine envisioned a ten-ship flotilla to the red planet.
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The author of Ender's Game envisioned the imminent end of American power
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How filmmakers created a gorgeous, dystopian future
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The Transcontinental Railroad connected East and West—and accelerated the destruction of what had been in the center of North America
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Gore-Booth sisters, Constance and Eva, forsook their places amid Ireland's Protestant gentry to fight for the rights of the disenfranchised and the poor
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A bargain for just $1.25 million. But, you'll need both aviation and auto insurance
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John D. Rockefeller Sr. epitomized Gilded Age capitalism. Ida Tarbell was one of the few willing to hold him accountable
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Michael Pupa's story, from orphan of Nazi Europe to American citizen, is a testament to the freedoms America offers
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