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The first “test tube baby”

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In vitro fertilization of Immature human egg with ZEISS Axio Vert.A1 and PlasDIC contrasting method. Flickr CC.

In vitro fertilization (IFV) is 44 years old. In the United States, it is a threatened medical procedure.

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Around the world in (about) eight days

Winnie Mae
Winnie Mae, a Lockheed 5C Vega, at the National Air and Space Museum

Wiley Post was also the first pilot to knowingly experience flight in the polar jet stream.

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In 1925, Darrow questions Bryan on ‘his view of the literal truth of the Bible’

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William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow (standing at right), during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. 20 July 1925. Smithsonian Institution.

As the Scopes Trial came to a close, a national radio audience heard ‘the most remarkable circumstances ever known to American court procedure.’ Part two.