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The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Milwaukee, Wis., was completed in 1961. It is a pale yellow circular building with a shallow dome roof and half moon windows.

Frank Lloyd Wright
His buildings were innovative and modern, but they had leaky roofs. He earned his living through commissions, yet he routinely offended his wealthy clients. And his carefully cultivated image as an intellectual and a visionary was challenged each time his scandalous personal life made headlines. A larger than life genius, Frank Lloyd Wright was and still is America’s most famous architect. He was...
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This artist’s concept shows an over-the-shoulder view of Cassini making one of its "Grand Finale" dives over Saturn.

A closer look at Saturn
In the early-morning hours of October 15, 1997, a brilliant streak blazed across the sky above Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Station. Aboard the Titan IVB/Centaur rocket was a historic payload: NASA’s Cassini orbiter and the Huygens atmospheric entry probe. It was the start of an incredible journey. Making two swingbys of Venus and one of Earth to gain velocity, Cassini began its trip to the...
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Olive oil being poured into a glass bowl.

Enjoy olive oil—it's good for you
Olive oil is good for you. Study after study has proven that consuming this elixir of the gods has some serious health benefits. It is said to stave off cancer, lower your risk of heart disease, and might even keep Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases at bay. The health benefits of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) are so substantive, the Food and Drug Administration permits EVOO...
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Harvey Dunn's painting of American prairie life.

Illustrator Harvey Dunn
When it comes to illustrators, Harvey Dunn was in a class of his own. He was not only a gifted artist capable of creating historically realistic compositions but also a consummate educator who inspired generations of future artistic luminaries. Born in Manchester, S.Dak., in 1884, Dunn grew up on a homestead farm in a prairie region similar to that preserved in the writings of Laura Ingalls...
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Image of several hands being raised to buy a house.

The housing market's steady recovery
The spring and summer months have always been the strongest periods for buyers and sellers in the American real estate market, but the 2017 season looks as though it will be especially good. Since the housing crash that brought home sales to a near screeching halt in 2008, the market has seen a series of ups and downs that, collectively, amounted to a slow and modest recovery. In 2016 and into...
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Associate Justice Antonin Scalia

Scalia: Portrait of a Man & Jurist
When Associate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away in January of 2016, the nation suffered a loss. His discerning mind and forceful opinions had shaped the Court for over 30 years. His death left a vacancy on the bench, and filling that seat turned into a long, drawn-out conflict as politicians wrestled for control over who would appoint the next justice. As that battle waged on, the...
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Disco ball.

'You Should Be Dancing'
It’s been 40 years since John Travolta donned his white suit and boogied across that illuminated dance floor in Saturday Night Fever . Released in 1977, the film brought disco, a cultural phenomenon born in urban dance clubs known as discotheques, into the mainstream. By 1978, there were 10,000 discotheques in the U.S. Anchored by a driving “four-on-the-floor” beat, disco music mixed elements of...
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As a youngster, Fibonacci traveled with his father to African trading posts, where he met foreign merchants who introduced him to Hindu-Arabic numerals.

Fibonacci
Today, few people know his name; however, his contribution to modern civilization is evident in virtually every aspect of daily life. Next to the wheel, it is quite possibly the most important instance of foresight and innovation in human history. Born in 1175 in Pisa, Italy, Leonardo Bonacci was the son of wealthy and powerful merchant Guglielmo Bonacci, who was also the consul of Pisa and the...
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Kathrine Switzer poses with a replica of her first Boston Marathon bib, number 261.

Kathrine Switzer—still running strong
The starting line of the seventy-first Boston Marathon was a sea of gray. The weather that day was brutally cold and snowy, so many competitors had decided to run the race in their warm-up gear. In 1967 “warm-up gear” meant baggy gray sweat suits. Similarly dressed in gray, an entrant wearing bib number 261 did not elicit any undue attention...until that competitor passed the two-mile marker...
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