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The Epstein files revive questions of whether the disgraced financier sought to merely cultivate famous scientists, or to ...

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H. Bentley Glass was at one time one of the most famous scientists in the nation. His life was a journey that began with missionary parents and a Texas education. Glass traveled the world, wrote ...

Odds didn't favor a successful career in science for Neil deGrasse Tyson. But he had a key edge: parents who set no limits on his ambition and encouraged him. Tyson, 67, is now a world-renowned ...