Rep.-elect Tom Barrett of Michigan will occupy the Capitol office space that his great-grandfather used almost a century ago. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
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Ida and Isidor Straus died after she gave up her spot in a lifeboat to stay with him on the sinking Titanic in 1912. Their great-great-granddaughter Wendy Rush is married to Stockton Rush, the founder of OceanGate and pilot of its missing submersible. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss, by Margaret Renkl Milkweed hide caption
Recent research sequenced 48 bird species, including (from left) the budgerigar, the barn owl and the American flamingo. (Left and center)iStock; (Right) Chris Minerva/Ocean/Corbis hide caption