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In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Jamaican 4x100 meter relay team did something the world will never forget. Usain Bolt, the fastest man alive, could...
In the fall of 1979, coach Herb Brooks faced a decision that baffled the hockey world. Selecting the United States Olympic roster, he passed over...
In cardiac research laboratories, scientists have observed something remarkable about individual heart muscle cells called cardiomyocytes. When isolated in a petri dish, a single heart...
When heart muscle cells are isolated in a laboratory dish, something remarkable happens — or rather, doesn't happen. Each cell beats on its own, at...
In the months leading up to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, coach Herb Brooks made a decision that stunned the hockey...
In 1972, Bill Withers released *Lean on Me*, and it climbed to number one on the charts almost overnight. But the song didn't come from...
In 1772, John Fawcett had every reason to go. He had spent seven years serving a small, poor Baptist congregation in Wainsgate, Yorkshire — a...
When a barbershop quartet locks into perfect harmony, something mysterious happens. Listeners hear a fifth voice — a clear, ringing tone hovering above the four...
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal. He had trained for years, overcome multiple surgeries, and finally...
In 2018, Google released its Mesh WiFi system, and it quietly illustrated something the church has known for two thousand years. Traditional routers work from...
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal with everything he had trained for on the line. Halfway...
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final with everything he had trained for on the line. Halfway...
In 1886, Georges Seurat unveiled *A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte*, a painting that stunned the Paris art world. Up close,...
In *The Four Loves*, C.S. Lewis makes a striking observation about friendship and community. He writes that in each of his friends, there is something...
In cardiac research laboratories, scientists have observed something remarkable about heart muscle cells. When individual cardiomyocytes are isolated in a culture dish, each one beats...
Every software developer knows the power of Git — the version control system created by Linus Torvalds in 2005 that transformed how people build software...
In February 1980, coach Herb Brooks led a group of college hockey players onto the ice at Lake Placid to face the Soviet Union, a...
In 2006, neuroscientist Dr. James Coan at the University of Virginia conducted a remarkable study. He placed participants inside an fMRI machine and warned them...
In 2006, neuroscientist Dr. James Coan at the University of Virginia conducted a remarkable experiment. He placed married women inside an fMRI brain scanner and...
In 2010, Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a researcher at Brigham Young University, published a sweeping meta-analysis that stunned the medical world. After examining 148 studies and...
In 1972, Bill Withers released *Lean on Me*, a song so simple that children can sing it and so profound that it has been performed...
In 1997, ecologist Suzanne Simard made a discovery that stunned the scientific world. She found that trees in a forest are not competing individuals but...
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Jamaican 4x100 meter relay team — Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, and Asafa Powell — shattered the world...
In 1772, a young Baptist minister named John Fawcett faced the decision of a lifetime. He had been called to succeed the legendary Dr. John...