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Microbes: The Trillions of Creatures Governing Your Health

Of all the cases Barbara Warner has faced as a pediatrician specializing in newborns, the one that sticks hardest in her mind involved a couple who had been trying for years to have children.…
PUBLISHED: April 24, 2013
LENGTH: 32 minutes (8095 words)

Growing Up In The World's Deadliest City

Image by Dominic Bracco II/PrimeJumping the Camino Real, near the border of El Paso, Texas. The interior of the school bus is awash in blue light, lumberin
SOURCE:BuzzFeed
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4850 words)

A teacher, a student, and a 39-year-long lesson in forgiveness

View full sizeThomas Boyd/The OregonianThirty-nine years later, retired teacher James Atteberry received an apology from an old student. Atteberry is now living in Astoria and says rarely a week goes…
PUBLISHED: April 21, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2164 words)

In search of the magical penis thieves

By Frank BuresFrank Bures writes frequently about Africa. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin. No one is entirely sure when magical penis loss first came to Africa. One early incident was recounted by…
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5377 words)

Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?

An unruly market may undo the work of a giant cartel and of an inspired, decades-long ad campaign
PUBLISHED: Feb. 1, 1982
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2116 words)
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