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A TRUE PIONEER
DR. D'S MYSTERY HERO
Eyes on Oregon
The instructions President Thomas Jefferson gave his minister to France in 1802 were simple: negotiate the purchase of the port city of New Orleans from France.
WAGONS HO!
Oregon fever spread quickly in the early 1800s. The symptoms included restlessness, hunger for land, and a thirst for adventure. The cure was to get to Oregon Country as quickly as possible.
Diamonds BURIED HERE
STRANGE-LOOKING A PLANT TELLS PROSPECTORS WHERE TO DIG.
Getting Started
The people who settled the United States have a history of being restless. They often were on the move, always searching for a better place to live. The first settlers who sailed from Europe crossed the Atlantic Ocean. They established colonies along North America’s eastern coastline.
The Curious Case of the Missing Valcano
A MASSIVE VOLCANO CAN'T JUST VANISH. OR CAN IT?
Routes Well Traveled
The United States is not the only country that celebrates its historic routes. But the routes included here are much older!
THE MAGMA HAMMER STRIKES
Tonga's Recent Massive Underwater Eruption
Last Stop, Independence
For many Oregon Trail pioneers, Independence, Missouri, was the last stop in the United States. Soon after it was founded in 1827, the waterfront town became a strategic city on the Missouri River.
Danger on the Trail
About 20,000 emigrants died on the Oregon Trail. That averaged to about one grave for every 100 yards from the Missouri River to the Willamette Valley. And because pioneers had to keep to a steady pace each day, burials on the trail were hasty. There often was no time to create a marker to note a burial site.
Deadly Lakes
WHAT ARE LIMNIC ERUPTIONS?
IO'S ON FIRE
Volcanoes in Our Solar System and Beyond
TRICIA NADEAU
Coolest job ever. No, make that the hottest job ever. As a volcanologist, Tricia Nadeau has a front-row seat to erupting volcanoes.
Big Blasts From the Past
Volcanic eruptions that changed history, science, and our world
When a Volcano Screams
Methods to the madness of monitoring volcanoes
Along Rivers and Through Prairies
An Interview With Dr. Robert Moore
HOW DOWN SYNDROME MAKES A BRAIN Beautifully DIFFERENT
Seeing people for their abilities, not their diagnoses
Decoding the Brain
STEPS TO UNDERSTANDING BRAIN ACTIVITY AND HOW THE MIND WORKS
Remember..... and Forget
THE SCIENCE OF MEMORY
Getting Started
During James Monroe's lifetime, the 13 American Colonies D broke away from England and fought and won the Revolutionary War (1775-1783).
The Monroe Doctrine
The American continents... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.\" With these words, President James Monroe announced his foreign policy to the world. It became known as the Monroe Doctrine.
The Family Behind the President
A year after meeting, James Monroe and Elizabeth Korthright were married on February 16, 1786. James met Elizabeth in New York, while he was serving in the Continental Congress.
IS MIND READING POSSIBLE?
Using Neuroscience to Uncover Thoughts
Monroe on Tour!
ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS. During the late Presidential Jubilee many persons have met at festive boards, in pleasant converse, whom party politics had long severed. We recur [think back] with pleasure to all the circumstances which attended the demonstration of good feelings.
WOULD YOU UPLOAD YOUR MIND INTO A COMPUTER?
AS FAR AS SCIENCE CAN TELL, THE BRAIN CREATES YOUR SENSE OF SELF.
Quit Paying Attention!
A REGULAR DOSE OF DAYDREAMING COULD BE GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN.
NICHO HATSOPOULOS
Nicho Hatsopoulos develops systems that allow people to control computers and robots with just their thoughts.
The American Colonization Society
In 1821, President James Monroe signed into law the controversial Missouri Compromise.
Binding the Republic Together
John C. Calhoun of South Carolina addressed his fellow legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives in February 1817 with these words: \"Let us... bind the Republic together with a perfect system of roads and canals. Let us conquer space.\"
REBUILDING FROM THE ASHES
On New Year's Day 1818, President James Monroe and First Lady Elizabeth Monroe hosted a large public 0 reception at the White House. It signified the home's official reopening. The magnificently redecorated residence impressed foreign diplomats and Americans alike.