Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

I had gone into the forest to collect myself. For a sense of timelessness, amid trees here long before I got here, that would ...

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Paul Revere raced through the Massachusetts country side on horseback to warn patriot leaders that British soldiers were on ...

According to Wikipedia, the spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and Canada. It prefers permanent ponds due to its advantage in ...

The world-famous mathematician Alan Turing found a possible mechanism for iconic animal patterns thanks to differential ...

The PGA golf star says that people should be kinder to themselves so they can learn to be nicer to other people.

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Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods’ golf course design company, TGR, is partnering with Augusta National Golf Club for the first time to expand upon the club’s redevelopment of the Augusta ...