Over a period of two years on a Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship in Israel, I befriended engineers working at local and ...

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This December, BBC Radio 4 and 4Extra will mark the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth with a season of programming celebrating the life, legacy, and literary brilliance of one of Britain’s most ...

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In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.

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