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Based on a True Story

The True Story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I

Like Whales and Dolphins, Prehistoric 'Fish Lizards' Kept Warm With Blubber

The First Criminal Trial That Used Fingerprints as Evidence

The Somber History of the Presidential Funeral Train

Art Meets Science

This Sculptor Imagines Brain Waves in 3-D

Innovative Spirit

Ear Tubes May Finally Get an Upgrade

The Strange Nature of the First Printed Illustration of a Sloth

The Complicated History of the Human and Elephant Relationship

Asteroid Sample-Return Mission Arrives to Collect Primordial Rocks of the Solar System

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Looking Back at George H.W. Bush’s Lifelong Career of Public Service

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