Spaceship

Astronaut Chris Cassidy Docked At The International Space Station Following Being In Quarantine

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NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy was joined by two Russian cosmonauts, Anatoli Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner, in a recent mission that launched the three men into space on route for the International Space Station (ISS).

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Black Female Writing

How Octavia E. Butler Revolutionized Science Fiction

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Octavia E. Butler was a science fiction author who revolutionized the genre with her ability to discuss African American spiritualism and issues of class, racism, misogyny, and inequality in general within her works.

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Internet

Sir Timothy Berners-Lee: Father of the World Wide Web

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While there are countless computer scientists to credit for developing the infrastructure that makes the Internet possible, one British scientist named Sir Timothy Berners-Lee is to thank for creating the World Wide Web, the foundation upon which much of our online activity is built.

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Chimpanzees

Jane Goodall: Discovering the Hidden Complexity of Primate Life

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Too few of us know the story of Goodall’s journey from a child in London to world-renowned primatologist, and many of us are not aware of her ongoing contributions to environmentalism and conservation to this day.

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Pile of Books

Parag Pathak, An Economist, Is Making Public Education Less Biased

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“Better-off families had learned the system’s inner workings, such as which schools would consider only students who ranked that school first and which good schools were a safe bet. Families who didn’t understand the system simply listed schools in order of preference.”

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