When you think of groundbreaking discoveries in science, the names of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie or Isaac Newton often come ...

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CHEYENNE — For family and friends, the downtown bronze statue dedication for Harriet Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd is something “long overdue.” In a short, yet impactful ceremony on a breezy ...

That ambition was sorely tested when a South African surgeon, Christiaan Barnard, transplanted the first human heart in December 1967 while the most illustrious American cardiac surgeons had to ...

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