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The People’s Soprano: Jenny Lind And The Price of Perfection

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 16, 2019

There will never again be a musician as universally adored and adulated as soprano Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale. Everywhere she went, even facing ...

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Food’s Bright Future: Leah Garcés And The Long Struggle To Replace Factory Farming

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 9, 2019

Vegans and meat consumers do not typically enter into common cause. To the meat eater, vegans are bleeding heart, elitist scolds, and to the vegan, meat consu...

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U.S. Navy Master Chief (Ret.) And 6-Year-Old Girl Fuel Toy Seller To Make ‘Plastic Army Women’ Set A Reality

wyskOctober 3, 2019

For "at least 3 years", Jeff Imel, President of VictoryBuy Inc., a family owned and operated online retailer of Plastic Army Men and other classic toys, had be...

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Siblings In Cognition: Diana Reiss And The Study Of The Dolphin Mind

Dale DeBakcsyOctober 2, 2019

One of the most persistently amazing things about modern science has been its ability to cut humanity loose from the limitations of our immediate caveperson co...

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Forgetting Elizebeth Friedman: How America’s Greatest Cryptanalyst Lay Unnoticed For A Half Century

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 25, 2019

When World War I came at last to the United States, the armed forces found themselves in the embarrassing predicament of having no idea whatsoever on how to de...

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46 Years Ago Today: Billie Jean King Defeated Bobby Riggs In Battle Of The Sexes

wyskSeptember 20, 2019

More than 50 million Americans tuned in to watch, making it the most viewed U.S. tennis match of all time. More importantly, King's victory made it a game-changer for women’s tennis....

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Born Not Taught: Marian Koshland And The Source Of Antibody Variation

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 18, 2019

The human body is a truly wonderful place to live, if you can fit in it. It's warm and protected and, because humans are so clever at finding all the bes...

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Fearless Memory: Our First Three Decades With Lera Auerbach, Composer, Pianist, Poet, Artist

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 17, 2019

One of the things that consistently blows my students' minds is the fact that there are still classical composers living today. After being taken through...

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Valentina Tereshkova: The First Woman In Space

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 12, 2019

"It is I, Sea Gull!" The words, full of meaning both personal for the speaker and cultural for the country listening below, were the first spoken by a woman...

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