Happy Birthday, Norma Jeane
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Britannica1768: Africa
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The First Summit of Everest: A Milestone Reaches Its 60th Birthday
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The First Pregnancy Tests and the Demise of Frogs
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Lush Vegetation: 5 Questions with Amy Stewart, Author of The Drunken Botanist
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“Hound Dog”: An Old Dog That Keeps on Running
Big Mama Thornton first charted with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's R&B song "Hound Dog" 60 years ago. Almost immediately, the song was softened, turned from a woman's blues growl into a man's novelty song—turning Leiber and Stoller into hitmakers in the bargain, to say nothing of a young man named Elvis Presley.
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Lethal Ladybugs: The Invasive Harlequin
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A Tad Spiny, But With Violet Fins to Die For: 5 Questions with Shark Ecologist Paul Clerkin
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Britannica1768: The Ship
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