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Bella
“I’m not a singer; I’m a dancer!” Bella Lewitzky defiantly refused to answer the House Un-American Activities Committee when they asked if she was a communist. As a result, she was blacklisted, and could no longer appear in the movies that were her primary source of income. It was the first time she stood up…
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Scientists Create Elephant Stem Cells in the Lab
The results could shed light on why the animals rarely get cancer. But the researchers’ ultimate goal of bringing back woolly mammoths is still aspirational.
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Spinosaurus Didn’t Swim After Its Supper, Study Claims
A new paper challenges the idea that the large, carnivorous dinosaur dived after prey rather than wading and plucking it out of the water.
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Putin’s Nukes in Space Are Back to Scare Us Again
Russian President Vladimir V. Putin may find that a nuclear weapon in orbit is less useful for war than intimidation.
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Seeing Stars, Sperm and Millions of Spawn After a Valentine’s Day Rendezvous
Sunflower sea stars, a species of giant starfish, are critically endangered. Researchers tinkered with sperm in an aquarium lab to help them reproduce.
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This Persian Lentil Rice Recipe Only Feels Expensive
Adas polo, a Persian recipe perfumed with cinnamon and layered with caramelized onions and dates, only feels expensive.
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Baker allegedly passed off Dunkin’ doughnuts as vegan and gluten-free
A Long Island vegan market says a supplier delivered what were supposed to be vegan and gluten-free doughnuts — but they appeared to be from Dunkin’.
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Delivery driver takes lunch to animal shelter, ends up adopting a dog
On the spot, Grubhub driver Alan Moncayo decided that the dog was meant to be his.
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Preparing to see my weight-obsessed dad. Hax readers give advice.
A letter writer whose extra pounds drew Dad’s constant harping has shed the weight — and now dreads his gloating response.
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Has cream cheese changed recently? Your cooking questions, answered.
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.