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History: Cochran, Eisenhower, Dettweiler shaped fate of golf in Indio
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBritain desperately needed airplanes and pilots from the United States at the beginning of World War...
Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFlorence Nightingale experienced her personal call to nursing at age 16 and ultimately became known...
History: Desert Congressman Dalip Saund was democracy in practice
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGeographically, California’s 29th congressional district created after the 1940 Census was huge —...
Where are the Mensa geniuses now?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoInducted at the age of three, this week Teddy Hobbs has officially been crowned the UK’s youngest member of Mensa – the society for people with high IQs,...
Michigan State graduation is Friday and Saturday. Here's what to know
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEAST LANSING — When Michigan State University honors its 2022 graduates this week, a Harvard scholar...
‘Everything Is Predictable’ Review: The Secret of Bayes
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoBOOKSHELF First articulated in the 18th century by a hobbyist-mathematician seeking to reason...
William Watson: Critical thinking vs. critical theory
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoIt’s funny how the meaning of a word changes. “Gay” used to mean lighthearted and carefree. “Queer”...
Sumerian 'sacred code' reveals building instructions echoed in the Bible
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA Sumerian code has been deciphered, revealing "divinely inspired" building instructions A Sumerian...
The problem with Nobel’s ‘rule of three’
CNN via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSome of the most brilliant minds in science will be catapulted from academic obscurity next week when the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, and...
“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”: What's Fact and What's Fiction
People via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNetflix's 'Bridgerton' spinoff series is loosely based on the true story of Queen Charlotte and King...