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The April 1926 issue of Amazing Stories hit newsstands in March of that year. The cover art by Frank R. Paul illustrated the Jules Verne tale "Off On a Comet."
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Before sci-fi was everywhere, this pioneering magazine championed 'scientifiction'
Chris Klimek
The name didn't stick. The fan communities did.
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts a performance of Copland's Appalachian Spring by The Boston Symphony Orchestra in Lenox, Mass. in 2018. Thomas, who led the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021.
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Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81
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Mothballs can disrupt the nesting of protected black skimmers.
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Authorities investigate after hundreds of mothballs found on St. Pete Beach
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Denay Wilkerson and her son Cairo, 2, ride the newly restored Smithsonian National Carousel on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
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Decades-old, newly restored Smithsonian carousel reopens — to children's delight
Elizabeth Blair
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