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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

by | Friday, September 16, 2016 |

On Wednesday, September 14, Carla D. Hayden was sworn in as the new Librarian of Congress. Hayden...

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Monster Monday: Gigantopithecus

by | Monday, September 12, 2016 |

Standing at a whopping 10 feet (3 meters) tall and weighing more than 900 pounds (400 kilograms),...

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Saving California’s Island Fox

by | Friday, September 9, 2016 |

Once teetering on the brink of extinction, the rare island fox of California’s Channel Islands has...

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Star Trek Turns 50

by | Thursday, September 8, 2016 |

Fifty years ago today, on Sept. 8, 1966, the science-fiction televisionprogram “Star Trek” first...

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