Flowers representing the 53 countries in the Commonwealth adorn the veil worn by Meghan Markle. Ben Stansall/WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
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A quarter million Herero are estimated to live in Namibia today, with the population growing in recent years. Harry Hook/Getty Images hide caption
As history tells it, young Edward Jenner heard a milkmaid brag that having cowpox made her immune to smallpox. And years later, as a doctor, he drew matter from a cowpox pustule on the arm of a milkmaid to vaccinate a young test subject (depicted in the drawing above). A researcher now weighs in on the veracity of the milkmaid stories. The New York Academy of Medicine Library (nyamcenterforhistory.org) hide caption
A new study finds people all over the world are able to differentiate between lullabies and dance songs from cultures they're unfamiliar with. Klubovy/Getty Images hide caption
Lullaby Or Dance Song? Listen To Global Tunes And See If You Can Tell
The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility, dug in the mid-1960s, allows scientists a three-dimensional look at frozen ground. Kate Ramsayer/NASA hide caption
Queen Elizabeth II dances with Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah at a ball in Accra, Ghana, in 1961. Central Press/Getty Images hide caption