An excerpt from Mark Bulick's "Ambush at Central Park: When the IRA Came to New York," the thrilling, true story about the only officially sanctioned IRA attack ever conducted on American soil.
In 1972, Dr. John Fryer risked his career to tell his colleagues that gay people were not mentally ill. His act sent ripples through the legal, medical and justice systems.
In 1970, Michael James Brody Jr. announced he would give away his fortune to anyone who asked. The letters he received are a time capsule of the setting of the Age of Aquarius.
Scientists are preparing to redefine the fundamental unit of time. It won’t get any longer or shorter, but it will be more precise and a whole lot more powerful.