How do we make a "sound judgment" in a culturally diverse society? How do we know the best path to follow in an interdependent world? These stories, based on social-studies, help us to understand that personal and environmental relationships impact our lives and our world.
After Pasteur and his team developed a very effective rabies vaccine, scientists turned their research-attention elsewhere. Rabies, however, still kil...
In the ancient world, including Greeks and Romans, physicians believed that the human body was comprised of four different "humors." If those humors w...
Words describing rabies, going back to ancient times, are all based on fear. It is a disease from which people die if they develop symptoms.
The Navy has a long history of racial discrimination so Brashear does menial tasks and has little hope of advancement.
Soldiers on duty at Opana Point see evidence of incoming planes on new radar equipment. It turns-out that the planes are not the expected American pla...
Nuclear energy creates radiation, which can make living things sick or even kill them.
Indonesians decide to get rid of native trees and replace them with more valuable oil palm trees.
Pyroclastic flow follows the initial cloud of ash and pumice.
Since the Empress becomes so dependent on Rasputin, members of the family believe murder is the only way to get rid of the monk.
Rasputin treats Alexei's hemophilia and becomes a trusted, close advisor to the Romanov family.
Rasputin treats Alexei's hemophilia and becomes a trusted, close advisor to the Romanov family.
Even with the Constitution, debate continues over how much power the federal government should have.
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