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Scientists bolted living animals to the outside of a spacecraft and opened the hatch. Ten days later most of them woke up.

Scientists bolted living animals to the outside of a spacecraft and opened the hatch. Ten days later most of them woke up.

The animal in question came from a clump of moss. It is about half a millimeter long, which means you

Harvard said yes. Yale said yes. The girl in the floppy hat said no to both, and went and got a real PhD in neuroscience.

Harvard said yes. Yale said yes. The girl in the floppy hat said no to both, and went and got a real PhD in neuroscience.

Everyone remembers the hat. Big floppy brim, a fabric flower stuck on the front, worn by a teenager who

The trucker who stopped for me at midnight laughed at my flat tire and never touched my car. Ten years later I finally understood why

The trucker who stopped for me at midnight laughed at my flat tire and never touched my car. Ten years later I finally understood why

I was seventeen, alone on a black stretch of county road at midnight with a flat tire. A semi pulled

Remember the girl with the pigtails? Punky Brewster never crashed. At 49, here's who she actually became.

Remember the girl with the pigtails? Punky Brewster never crashed. At 49, here’s who she actually became.

Everybody remembers the pigtails. Two lopsided ponytails, a gap-toothed grin, a kid in a Cabbage Patch

His father died ten years ago. When a Florida shelter scanned an old beagle's microchip, it came back with his own family's name on it

His father died ten years ago. When a Florida shelter scanned an old beagle’s microchip, it came back with his own family’s name on it

The dog was never lost, exactly. That’s the part people get wrong when they hear this story secondhand.

"I wasn't the funny guy. I was the straight guy in all the madness." Hal Williams, Smitty from "Sanford and Son," has died at 91.

“I wasn’t the funny guy. I was the straight guy in all the madness.” Hal Williams, Smitty from “Sanford and Son,” has died at 91.

He spent more than 50 years on television and almost never got the punchline. That was the job.

Every Sunday at 10 p.m. he pulls his hood up and leaves groceries at his widowed neighbor's door. She has no idea it's him.

Every Sunday at 10 p.m. he pulls his hood up and leaves groceries at his widowed neighbor’s door. She has no idea it’s him.

I want to be clear about something before I tell this. I’m not a good man. I’m a forty-three-year-old

There's a metal in your kitchen drawer that an emperor once saved for his favorite guests. Everyone else got gold.

There’s a metal in your kitchen drawer that an emperor once saved for his favorite guests. Everyone else got gold.

There is a metal in your kitchen right now that an emperor once reserved for the guests he liked best.

My mother gave me to my dad at 12 and vanished for six years. She came back, saw the book in my hands, and the first thing she said was that I was too young

My mother gave me to my dad at 12 and vanished for six years. She came back, saw the book in my hands, and the first thing she said was that I was too young

The coffee shop on Franklin Street has a chalkboard out front that says “Be nice or leave.”

At 41 she had an Oscar on the shelf and had never held a bow. Two years later she was one of 28 women in America shooting for a spot at the Olympics

At 41 she had an Oscar on the shelf and had never held a bow. Two years later she was one of 28 women in America shooting for a spot at the Olympics

She was 41 years old. She had an Academy Award on the shelf. And she had never once held a bow.