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Women Action Stars: From Haywire to The Perils of Pauline
Crediting some stars who preceded Gina Carano on screen
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A Different Kind of Dinner Bell in the Antarctic
How do you catch a penguin supper when you’re trapped in Antarctic ice? Play music
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The first Best Picture Oscar winner emerges to help Paramount celebrate its centennial
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Why Are We So Crazy for Bacon?
“Everything’s better with bacon” is the ruling philosophy of the decade. But are we taking it too far?
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American physicist Richard Feynman gives up the secret of quantum mechanics
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The Essentials: Charles Dickens
What are the must-read books written by and about the famed British author?
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A photographer uses a scanning electron microscope to zoom in on everyday foods—and makes art
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When Did the Girl Scouts Start Selling Cookies?
What are your favorite varieties, and what do they say about you? And did you sell the cookies as a kid?
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How the Ubermensch Got Into Harvard
Friedrich Nietzsche philosophizes on where luck and skill come into play
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Coming Attractions for 2012: The Great Gatsby in 3D!!
Films both new and old that we look forward to in the coming year
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The replication of a historic whisky might reflect merely our fascination with artificial artifacts—-but the whisky yielded a surprise
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How to Plan a Party Based on Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party
I’m putting on my event planner hat to offer up the following ideas for a party inspired by an Impressionist painting
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Salmon’s powerful, ingrained sense of smell allows them to return to the exact stream of their birth for spawning.
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Seeing a New South in Joyful Noise and Undefeated
Two new films show how far we’ve come since The Birth of a Nation and In the Heat of the Night
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Julia Child’s Kitchen Closes This Weekend
January 8 will be your last chance to see Julia Child’s kitchen for a while, so hurry by the American History Museum
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Law and Order: Four Food Crimes
After stealing $1,500 worth of cooking oil from a Burger King, two men were apprehended siphoning off oil from a Golden Corral
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Seeing Double Part 2: When Studios Collide
Why business enemies sometimes become partners
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Food and Think’s Greatest Hits of 2011
A look at the most popular posts among our readers from the past year
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The irreverent take on the giants of literature, science and politics could only have come from the brain of cartoonist Kate Beaton
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Evolution World Tour: La Brea Tar Pits, California
Just a short drive from the mansions of Beverly Hills lies a site where paleontologists have found over three million fossils
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