"A glass of milk a day keeps the bad thoughts away." 1/4/18
Saving Baby Animals With the Milk Lab
Milk—it's the elixir of life, the one food all mammals need to survive. At the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., one team of scientists is dedicated to studying all there is to know about the white gold. Working with specially trained mammals, these experts collect samples of milk from various species of animals to learn more about the origins of life.
Fencing's Golden Fighter
Beatrice "Bebe" Vio is a fighter in more ways than one. At just five years old, she showed incredible promise at fencing. But, at age 11, her dreams were threatened after she contracted a severe form of meningitis. Still, Vio remained undeterred and returned to fencing within a year. Her fighting spirit paid off when she won the gold medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Building a Palace of Dreams One Pebble at a Time
One morning, mailman Ferdinand Cheval stumbled across an interesting pebble on his delivery route. He picked it up, and from there, an obsession began. Using stones he collected on his routes, Cheval began working each night to create Le Palais Idéal, an 85-foot-long, 30-foot-high castle of grottos containing Chinese, Algerian and Northern European influences.
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