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In 2005, Dr. Sarah Sallon and botanist Dr. Elaine Solowey planted something remarkable at the Arava Institute in Israel — a date palm seed recovered...
By 1912, Claude Monet could barely see the water lilies he had spent decades painting. Cataracts clouded both eyes, turning his beloved garden at Giverny...
In 1892, German surgeon Julius Wolff published a discovery that still shapes orthopedic medicine today. He observed that when a bone breaks and heals, the...
In 2004, NASA landed a small rover named Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Engineers designed it for a ninety-day mission. Ninety days to roll...
In Ernest Hemingway's *The Old Man and the Sea*, the aged fisherman Santiago has gone eighty-four days without a catch. The other fishermen pity him....
In 1974, Swedish chemist Tomas Lindahl made a discovery that puzzled the scientific world. DNA, the molecule carrying the blueprint for every living thing, was...
In 2012, a team of Russian scientists led by Svetlana Yashina accomplished something that stunned the botanical world. Deep in the Siberian permafrost, buried in...
In Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables*, there is a scene that has haunted readers for over a century. Jean Valjean, the ex-convict transformed by grace, must...
In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Return of the King*, there is a moment near the end of the journey into Mordor where Frodo collapses. He cannot...
When NASA's Opportunity rover touched down on Mars in January 2004, engineers expected it to last ninety days. The battery would drain, dust would smother...
Every day, the DNA inside each of your cells sustains between ten thousand and one hundred thousand points of damage. Ultraviolet light, the oxygen you...
In January 2004, NASA landed a solar-powered rover named Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Engineers designed it for a ninety-day mission. Ninety days to...
Let me share a story about a young man named Daniel, who lived in a small, tightly-knit community. Daniel was known for his gentle spirit and unwavering faith, yet he faced trials that tested his perseverance. One summer, a devastating...
In the autumn of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. At fifty-six, the once-celebrated composer had suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right...
Fanny Crosby was six weeks old when a country doctor applied a hot poultice to her infected eyes. The treatment was wrong, and the damage...
In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. Once the toast of London, he now faced crippling debt, failing health, and...
On August 3, 1992, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semi-final at the Barcelona Olympics. He had trained for years, overcome multiple...
In 1892, German surgeon Julius Wolff published a discovery that still guides orthopedic medicine today. Known as Wolff's Law, it describes something remarkable about how...
In 2015, Swedish scientist Tomas Lindahl shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a discovery that had puzzled researchers for decades. He found that human...
In November of 1873, Horatio Spafford stood at the railing of a ship crossing the Atlantic and stared down at cold, dark water. Somewhere beneath...
In the spring of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a ruined man. His operas had fallen out of fashion in London. Creditors circled. A stroke...
In 1741, George Frideric Handel was a man the world had written off. His operas had fallen out of fashion. Creditors circled. A stroke four...
In 1912, Claude Monet received a diagnosis that should have ended his career. Cataracts were clouding both eyes, slowly stealing the one thing a painter...
In Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables*, there is a scene that has haunted readers for over a century. Jean Valjean, the ex-convict transformed by grace, hoists...