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03.25.19

These Beautiful Maps Capture the Rivers That Pulse Through Our World

Women’s Rights Monument in N.Y.C. Approved Amid Accusations of Whitewashing

Which Came First, Vengeful Gods or Complex Civilizations?

For Turn-of-the-Century African-Americans, the Camera Was a Tool for Empowerment

Baby Monkey Born Using Frozen Testicular Tissue, Giving Hope for Infertile Childhood Cancer Survivors

The Original ‘Dumbo’ Story Would Have Had More Twists and Turns

How a Smithsonian Ecologist Is Working With Local Communities to Plan for the Future

Newly Public Letters Show Georgia O’Keeffe’s Quest for Independence

How Svalbard’s Glaciers Precipitate an Arctic Feeding Frenzy

How Much Electricity Can Thunderstorms Produce?

On this day in 1996, the Montana Freemen started a 81-day standoff against the F.B.I. The conflict was the latest in a string of showdowns between federal agents and anti-government fringe groups. Read about how the impasse informed the federal government’s reaction to the 41-day standoff in Oregon in 2016.

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