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Alfred Nobel and His Prizes: From Dynamite to DNA

The Explosive Origins of the Nobel Prizes

The curious history of the Nobel Peace Prize

When Continental Drift Was Considered Pseudoscience

Alfred Wegener and the continental drift

Tennyson’s rise and fall

Who was Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

Ibn al-Haytham, the Arab who brought Greek optics into focus for Latin Europe

IBN AL-HAYTHAM ON OPTICS AND THE HUMAN EYE

Three religions meet in the Castle of Ioannina

Alireza Firouzja: Champ in the making

Chess: Alireza Firouzja surges to target Magnus Carlsen's all-time records

What happened in Carlsen vs. Firouzja?

Deutscher’s Cinderella is a Melodious Surprise

Alphonse de Lamartine: Poetry in a Time of Dislocation

Akiane Kramarik: Artist, Poet, Prodigy

PAINTING THE IMPOSSIBLE BY AKIANE KRAMARIK

6-year-old piano prodigy from Milton featured on NBC’s Little Big Shots

At 15, Indian-American Tanishq Abraham becomes a biomedical engineer

10 things you should know about Tanishq Abraham: The 11 year old Indian American High School graduate

Tanishq Abraham: Going to college is fun for me and it hasn't ruined my childhood

What Jane Austen can teach us about resilience

Jane Austen Is Everything

The Persuasive and Provincial Jane Austen