In the 17th century, when science was still defining its boundaries, one man’s relentless curiosity forever changed how we understand the world. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was not…

In the late 19th century, England was in the thick of the Victorian era a time marked by strict social customs, elegant fashion, and a deep appreciation…

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In the thick jungles of the Vietnam War during the 1960s and 70s, malaria became a silent killer. The mosquito-borne disease was more deadly than bullets, claiming…

Before the early 1920s, a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes was essentially a death sentence. The disease, which typically struck children and young adults, was untreatable. Patients…

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It all started in Saratoga Springs, New York, in the year 1849. At the time, George Crum, a Native American and African American chef, was working at…

In 1959, with little more than ambition, raw talent, and eight hundred dollars borrowed from his family, Berry Gordy Jr. launched a record label from a small…

Christopher Havens once lived a life defined by chaos. Convicted of murder in 2011, he was sentenced to 25 years in a Washington state prison. At first,…