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| | A deadly disease strikes the children of a tiny, snowed-in Alaskan gold-rush town. Vials of treatment are hundreds of miles away. A storm is brewing. Only a dog sled can bring vital serum to save the kids.
How did the rescue happen? Meet the brave and determined Togo (pictured at left, above).
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| | A B.C. belle: Queen Esther won King Ahasuerus’ heart with her beauty, and then saved the Jews of Persia with her bravery. She kept her Jewish heritage a secret from her husband, but when she heard about a planned kingdom-wide massacre of her people, Esther (depicted above) revealed her true identity to the king.
Her tearful pleading led to the deliverance of her people—and is cause of celebration during this week’s Jewish holiday of Purim. Here’s our look at Esther and other powerful Biblical queens.
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 | | ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW FAZEKAS | | Ghostly glows and the Scorpion: Starting tomorrow night, keen sky-watchers across the Northern Hemisphere can attempt to hunt down one of the most elusive of astronomical sky shows. The pyramid-sharped Zodiacal light is caused by sunlight reflecting off cosmic dust between the planets. The best time to observe this super-faint glow is about an hour after sunset, looking toward the western horizon.
Meanwhile the moon puts on its own early morning spectacle on Monday and Tuesday as it enters the realm of the Scorpion constellation. Look for the moon approaching the bright orange star Antares in the southern sky at dawn. — Andrew Fazekas
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