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The Rosetta Stone on display at the British Museum, showing the same decree carved in Egyptian hieroglyphic, Demotic, and ancient Greek script.

This Day in History, September 27: Champollion Deciphers Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Specialty Digest · Visual Stories This Day in History September 27 1822 Champollion Deciphers Egyptian Hieroglyphs A French scholar who had never set foot in Egypt spent years comparing one royal decree carved in three scripts, and gave the world back three thousand years of Egyptian history that no one alive could read. Photo: APK,

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A French scholar who had never set foot in Egypt spent years comparing one royal decree carved in three scripts, and gave the world back three thousand years of Egyptian history that no one alive could read.

History

Armed U.S. Army soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division escort Black students through a crowd toward Little Rock Central High School in September 1957.

This Day in History, September 24: Eisenhower Sends Troops to Integrate Little Rock

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Specialty Digest · Visual Stories This Day in History September 24 1957 Eisenhower Sends Troops to Integrate Little Rock When a governor called out the National Guard to keep Black students out of a Little Rock high school, the President answered by sending in the U.S. Army to walk them through the door. U.S. Army,

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When a governor called out the National Guard to keep Black students out of a Little Rock high school, the President answered by sending in the U.S. Army to walk them through the door.

History

Full-disk photograph of Neptune, deep blue with visible cloud bands, taken by NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft.

This Day in History, September 23: Humanity Discovers Neptune

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Specialty Digest · Visual Stories This Day in History September 23 1846 Humanity Discovers Neptune A mathematician who never once looked through a telescope pointed two astronomers at an empty patch of sky, and they found a planet nobody had ever seen. NASA / Voyager 2, Great Images in NASA (GPN-2000-000443) · Public Domain What

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A mathematician who never once looked through a telescope pointed two astronomers at an empty patch of sky, and they found a planet nobody had ever seen.

Health

Four-panel infographic titled The Quiet Risk in the Backyard, showing Salmonella transmission from backyard poultry to households.

Your Backyard Chickens Look Healthy—So Where Is the Danger Hiding?

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Backyard poultry can bring fresh eggs, income, food security and a valuable connection with nature. For children, raising chickens or ducks can also teach responsibility and respect for animals. But a bird does not have to look sick to carry dangerous bacteria. Chickens, ducks and other poultry can harbour Salmonella while appearing active, healthy and

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The invisible route through which apparently healthy poultry can expose families to Salmonella—and the simple habits that interrupt it

Science

Six-panel infographic titled "Are our personalities written in our genes?" showing the Big Five personality traits, a study of more than one million participants, more than 1,000 linked genetic variants, and the finding that genetics predicted up to about 13% of personality variation.

Your Genes Influence Your Personality—But They Do Not Write Your Destiny

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A genetic study of more than a million people linked over 1,000 variants to the Big Five traits — and showed how little any single one of them decides.

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