Archivist Timothy P. Mulligan was back in the stacks that day, running down a long shot.
A National Archives expert on German submarines, Mulligan already had found for a Virginia woman detailed records of her father’s service as a U-boat skipper during World War II. But the woman said she still wondered if her father was [...]

The world’s first test-tube baby Louise Brown is expecting a baby of her own.
Louise was born on July 25, 1978, after her parents John and Lesley had tried for nine years to have a child. Her birth brought hope to infertile couples.
And since then millions of babies have been born using IVF, including the couple’s [...]

1978: First ‘test tube baby’ born

The birth of the world’s first “test tube baby” has been announced in Manchester.
Louise Brown was born shortly before midnight in Oldham and District General Hospital.
Weighing 5lb 12oz (2.61 kg) the baby was delivered by caesarean section because her mother, Lesley Brown, was suffering from toxaemia.
The consultant in charge of [...]

Directed by Brent E. Huffman
Genre: Documentary
Plot Outline: The story of four people from around the globe who are linked by a desire to make their lives better, daring to ask the question, “What if?”
Source: IMDB

Mellen-Thomas Benedict is an artist who survived a near-death experience in 1982. He was dead for over an hour and a half after dying of cancer. At the time of his death, he rose up out of his body and went into the light. Curious about the universe, he was taken far into the remote [...]