The word “ideology” has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents’ beliefs as dangerous, stupid or unfounded. But it wasn’t always this way.
Napoleon
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What killed Napoleon’s army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers’ teeth
In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon’s army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a couple of unexpected pathogens may have helped hasten the soldiers’ demise.


