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Worried about his own future, and his lack of patients, Dr. Fred Banting had an idea during the middle of the night. What he thought about led to the ...
Once Dr. Macleod allowed Dr Banting to use a lab at the University of Toronto, research into the potential treatment of diabetes moved quickly forward...
When the earthquake struck, on the afternoon of March 11th, people in Japan were going about their daily business.
Joan Clarke, who had a high-level position at Bletchley Park, was briefly engaged to Alan Turing. Played by Keira Knightley in "The Imitation Game," J...
This biography of Astronaut John Glenn is introduced by President John F. Kennedy.
Dr. Jonas Salk gave a lengthy interview to Edward R.
At a young age, Katniss Everdeen learned how to use a bow and arrow.
Orca whales attack, and kill, a grey-whale calf as it travels to feeding grounds with its mother.
On the 28th of August, the skies near Krakatoa finally began to clear.
Several ships were at sea, in the vicinity of Krakatoa, when the volcano dramatically erupted on August 26, 1883.
Captain Lindeman made a decision which saved the lives of his passengers and his ship (the G.
After Krakatoa's stupendous explosion - on the 27th of August, 1883 - the volcano spewed out another monstrous pyroclastic flow.
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