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Marina Spelzini, a registered nurse, measures out an H1N1 vaccine shot at the Miami Dade County Health Department downtown clinic on November 3, 2009 in Miami, Florida. (influenza, swine flu)
When Was the Last Pandemic?
Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots. (coronavirus)
Why Is It Important to Know the Incubation Period of a Disease?
Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
Was Elizabeth I a popular queen?
Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
What was Queen Elizabeth I’s personal life like?
Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
What was Queen Elizabeth I’s relationship to religion in England?
Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
What were the biggest issues facing England during Queen Elizabeth I’s reign?
Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England, oil on panel by an anonymous artists, 1550-1599; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Queen Elizabeth I
How did Elizabeth I come to be queen of England?
Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
How was Prohibition enforced?
Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
How did people get around Prohibition?
Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
What were the effects of Prohibition?
Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
How long did Prohibition last?
Prohibition - Whisky is poured down a sewer during Prohibition in the 1920s in the United States.
What led to Prohibition?
The three children, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia, who saw the vision of Fatima in Portugal. Our lady of Fatima, saint, Christianity.
Our Lady of Fátima
Men's Giant Slalom Italy's Alberto Tomba on the way to retaining his gold medal at Val d'Isere France 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics
The Origin of the Winter Olympics
Olympic Torch Tower of the Los Angeles Coliseum on the day of the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics. 28 July 1984
Olympics: Boon or Curse?
Marathon running in the light of evening
Olympics: The Genetics of Success
January 21, 2017. Protesters holding signs in crowd at the Women's March in Washington DC. feminism
Feminism: From Ancient Rome to the Women’s March
Image of jewish holiday Hanukkah with drawing menorah candles (traditional Candelabra), donuts and dreidels (spinning top) over chalkboard background. Chanukah.
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights
Scottish fold, cat, feline
Dwarfism in Cats: It’s Only Cute ‘til Someone Gets Hurt
poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
World Poetry Day
A scary old jack-o-lantern on black. Halloween pumpkin, trick or treat. Halloween holiday
Happy Halloween
Image of Antenna galaxy
The Fermi Paradox: Where Are All the Aliens?
Amelia Earhart sitting in the cockpit of an Electra airplane.
The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Coloured powders are flung onto revellers during Huranga at the Dauji temple near the northern Indian city of Mathura, March 28, 2013.
Holi: Festival of Colors
Albert Einstein smoking pipe
The Bizarre Posthumous Journey of Einstein's Brain
Abandoned school in Pripyat in the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant
Nuclear Exclusion Zones
Banksy Snorting Copper stenciled graffiti on Curtain Road, in Shoreditch, London taken circa 2005, before it was later vandalised and covered over.
Art Restoration: Beyond Canvas
Paleogeography and paleoceanography of Early Triassic time. The present-day coastlines and tectonic boundaries of the configured continents are shown at the lower right. Continents, continental drift, plate tectonics, Pangea, Laurussia, Gondwana.
Spotting a Supercontinent: How Pangea Was Discovered
"Pirate Week" Spotlight.
Pirate Week
Photo of open treasure chest with shinny gold, Island, pirate
The Eternal Legacy of Treasure Island
Pirate Barbarossa also known as redbeard
From Pirate to Admiral: The Tale of Barbarossa
Model Pirate Ship with fog and water
Black Pirates and the Tale of Black Caesar
Stained glass window showing ten Christian saints. St Peters Church, Cound, Shropshire, England.
Too Good to Rot? Saints with Incorrupt Bodies
close up of a football, gridiron
Are You Ready for Some Fantasy Football?
Albert Einstein in Washington, D.C. c. 1921-1923. Physicist
The Solar Eclipse That Made Albert Einstein a Science Celebrity
game and gambling, gaming machines, chess playing Turk, design by Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734 - 1804), built by Christoph Mechel, mechanical turk
The Mechanical Turk: AI Marvel or Parlor Trick?
Special podcast episode for parents!
Raising Curious Learners
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