Why Debutantes Volunteered to Be Horse-Riding Couriers in Rural Kentucky
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Between the 1920s and 1940s, wealthy young women signed up to run errands and carry messages for the Frontier Nursing Service, whose nurse-midwives provided care to patients in hard-to-reach areas ..read more
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Can A.I. Make Beer Taste Better? Scientists Test a Model That Recommends New Flavors
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Researchers spent three years developing a machine learning model that can predict how good beer will taste based on its chemical composition—and make suggestions for how to improve it ..read more
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How Baseball’s Official Historian Dug Up the Game’s Unknown Origins
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A lifelong passion for the national pastime led John Thorn to redefine the sport's relationship with statistics and reveal the truth behind its earliest days ..read more
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This Museum Needs Your Help Identifying the Subject of a 19th-Century Painting
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Nobody knows the name of the child in "The Black Boy," but a museum in Liverpool is hoping someone will recognize him ..read more
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Astronomers Capture Dazzling New Image of the Black Hole at the Milky Way's Center
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The first image of the black hole taken in polarized light, the new view shows the supermassive structure's magnetic fields and hints that it could be hiding an enormous jet ..read more
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Bird Flu Confirmed in U.S. Dairy Cows for the First Time, but Milk Supply Is Unaffected, Officials Say
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Tests detected the virus at two farms in Texas and two farms in Kansas, but officials and scientists stress commercial dairy products remain safe to consume ..read more
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Explore a Century of Masterpieces, From Rodin to Picasso, Brought Together by One Passionate Collector
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A self-described "little man in a hurry," Joseph Hirshhorn built a premier modern art collection ..read more
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Why Scientists Are Calling for the Moon to Be Better Protected From Development
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Only a few lunar sites are ideal for certain cutting-edge research—and they’re under threat from mining, satellites and bases, scientists argue ..read more
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Seven of the Worst Bridge Disasters in World History
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The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is shocking—but not unprecedented ..read more
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The Thrills of Rediscovering Ancient Greece While Touring Modern Athens
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The Mediterranean capital city savors its connections to antiquity—while reappraising its past ..read more
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