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In 2012, scientists at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center discovered something remarkable about coastal forests. The trees that withstand the most violent hurricanes are not...
When Yo-Yo Ma — arguably the greatest cellist alive — performs with young students, something remarkable happens. He doesn't sit in the featured chair. He...
In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Fellowship of the Ring*, one of the most pivotal scenes unfolds at the Council of Elrond. The great powers of Middle-earth...
In 1997, ecologist Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia made a discovery that reshaped how we understand forests. Using radioactive carbon isotopes, she...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that his colleagues thought was a waste of precious telescope time. He pointed the Hubble Space Telescope...
In 1997, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard at the University of British Columbia published a groundbreaking discovery. The largest, oldest trees in a forest — what...
In July 2016, Tim Duncan retired from the NBA after nineteen seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. Five championships. Two league MVP awards. Fifteen All-Star...
John Wooden won ten NCAA basketball championships at UCLA — seven of them in a row. No coach in history has matched that record. Yet...
On February 14, 1990, at the request of astronomer Carl Sagan, NASA commanded the Voyager 1 spacecraft to turn its camera back toward home. From...
Tim Duncan won five NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs across nineteen seasons. He earned two league MVP awards, three Finals MVP trophies, and...
There’s a story of a young woman named Sarah who dreamed of becoming a renowned chef. Her passion was palpable as she spent years honing her skills, taking every culinary class she could find, and immersing herself in the world...
Johann Sebastian Bach is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in Western history. His works — over a thousand compositions including the *Brandenburg...
Johann Sebastian Bach is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers who ever lived. His works — from the *Mass in B Minor* to...
In 1998, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched Google, the internet's most popular homepages were cluttered monuments to self-importance. Yahoo packed hundreds of links...
The word "humility" shares its root with "humus" — the Latin word for earth, for soil, for ground. In soil science, humus is something remarkable....
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision his colleagues called reckless. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he pointed the Hubble Space...
In the world of professional basketball, where ego and spectacle dominate, Tim Duncan spent nineteen seasons with the San Antonio Spurs doing something almost unthinkable...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision his colleagues considered a waste. As director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, he used his discretionary...
In 1995, astronomer Robert Williams made a decision that many of his colleagues thought was a waste of precious telescope time. He pointed the Hubble...
In 1997, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard published a discovery in the journal Nature that changed how we understand forests. She found that trees are not...
When Tim Duncan retired from the San Antonio Spurs in July 2016, there was no farewell tour, no media circus, no final-game spectacle. The team...
In the 1925 U.S. Open at Worcester Country Club, Bobby Jones addressed his ball in the rough. As he set his club behind it, the...
In the final moments of *The Return of the King*, Aragorn stands crowned at last — King Elessar, heir of Isildur, ruler of the reunited...
When Tim Duncan retired from the San Antonio Spurs in July 2016, there was no press conference, no farewell tour, no magazine cover announcing his...