Gabby Wonder Girl by J. Grant

Robyn J. Barst: An advocate and a wonder

Dr. Robyn J. Barst was a fighter, but an advocate; she was tenacious, but she was loving; and she was difficult, but she was kind. Robyn Barst was this way in every aspect of her life: As a physician, a clinical researcher, a mother, a wife, a hostess, a diner in a restaurant, an audience member at the opera. It was her insurmountable stamina and her passion for making a difference that made th...

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The Wonder Years

When I Was just a kid—especially in my tween years—I discovered the joy of Taking Things Apart. As I reflect back, this was a major stage in my lifelong pursuit of understanding the world around me. Clocks and radios trembled in my presence, for they knew that their days were numbered. This was the age in which vacuum tube radios were still in plentiful supply as they were quickly being replace...

One wolf wonder

a total population of as few as 400–500 individuals. And only two of these retain their traditional forest-dwelling lifestyles. Because the Andamanese share physical features with African pygmies, including short stature and dark skin, and contrast with other Asian pygmoid people, there has been speculation that they may be directly related to African pygmies. However, a study of blood groups i...

Deep blue wonder

As marine resources come under increasing human pressure from fishing, global warming, pollution and other changes, a group of researchers is increasing efforts to chart the catalogue of species, many of which are currently unknown to science, that inhabit marine environments little known to man. The survey of the world's oceans has so far pinpointed 38,000 marine species — and identified new f...