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In 2016, Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his groundbreaking work on autophagy — a process whose...
In 1999, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected Josh Hamilton with the first overall pick in the MLB Draft. He was the golden boy —...
A dear friend of mine recently undertook the challenge of restoring an old, weathered violin. Its wood was cracked, its strings broken, and it looked like it had been abandoned for years in a dusty corner. Yet, my friend saw...
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal carrying years of injury and setback. He had already missed...
Lily was a single mother living in a small apartment, juggling multiple jobs to provide for her two young children. Life had thrown her one curveball after another: losing her job due to the pandemic, struggling with anxiety, and facing...
In 2004, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered something extraordinary in the globular cluster M4, some 5,600 light-years from Earth. They found what they...
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with the force of five hundred atomic bombs. The blast flattened 230 square miles of forest. Everything...
In 1772, John Newton sat at his desk and wept. The former slave ship captain — a man who had once traded human beings like...
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal carrying the weight of years of injury and disappointment. He...
In 1968, Johnny Cash walked into Folsom State Prison and performed for two thousand inmates. What most people didn't realize was that Cash understood their...
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, British sprinter Derek Redmond lined up for the 400-meter semifinal. He had trained his entire life for this moment. When...
In 1748, a young sailor named John Newton nearly drowned when a violent storm battered his ship off the coast of Ireland. Seawater flooded the...
In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave near Chattanooga, Tennessee, with every intention of never coming out. Years of amphetamine and barbiturate addiction had...
In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave near Chattanooga, Tennessee, intending never to come out. Years of amphetamine addiction had cost him nearly everything...
In 1999, Josh Hamilton was the number one pick in the Major League Baseball draft — a teenager with a swing so pure that scouts...
In 1967, Johnny Cash crawled into Nickajack Cave outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, intending never to come out. Years of amphetamine and barbiturate addiction had cost him...
In the fall of 1967, Johnny Cash was a man the world had given up on. Years of amphetamine and barbiturate addiction had stripped away...
In 1999, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays made Josh Hamilton the number one overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft. He was eighteen years...
In 1999, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected Josh Hamilton with the first overall pick in the MLB Draft. He was eighteen years old with...
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 five...
In 1999, Josh Hamilton was baseball's most celebrated prospect — the first overall pick in the MLB Draft, destined for greatness. But within two years,...
George Matheson was a Scottish minister who had been losing his sight since childhood. The woman he had loved in his youth parted from him...
In 1600, Caravaggio unveiled *The Calling of Saint Matthew* in the Contarelli Chapel in Rome. The painting depicts the moment Jesus enters a dim tax...
In the autumn of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a ruined man. His operas had failed. Creditors circled. A stroke had partially paralyzed him. At...