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Daphne du Maurier's The Birds predicted environmental crisis 70 years ago
Alfred Hitchcock's adaptation, The Birds, celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2023. Revisiting …
PTI
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Carson Kressley reflects on former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's 'devastating' death by suicide: 'She had the world at her feet'
"You can present like you're totally fine, and be totally not," Carson Kressley told Insider of his…
Esme Mazzeo
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Gen Zers are investing their way out of the 9-to-5
Move over, lazy girl jobs. Gen Z women are turning to the stock market to get rich.
Emilie Friedlander
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Everything we know about 'Dancing With the Stars' season 32
Season 32 of "Dancing With the Stars" returns this fall with one new host, two reality TV show quee…
Esme Mazzeo
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How US nuclear tests in the '70s led to today's thriving otter population on the Pacific west coast
Before the US set off a nuclear weapons test, it moved hundreds of otters to the US and British Col…
Jenny McGrath
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New Yorkers are getting a taste of what it's like to live in the pollution of Delhi, Doha, and Shanghai
The air in New York City has been awful this week but it's nothing new for many parts of the world.…
Tim Paradis
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Monarch butterflies made a historic rebound this year, but my photos from 'Butterfly Town, USA' are disappointing and sad
California's most famous monarch sanctuary looked almost barren in a good year. The dwindling butte…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Donald Trump personally used the N-word and anti-Semitic slurs, claims niece Mary Trump, expanding on allegation that they were common in her family
"And I don't think that should surprise anybody given how virulently racist he is today," Mary Trum…
Tom Porter
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A New York City marketing agency is letting its employees opt for a 4-day workweek - but only if they're willing to take a pay cut
Business Insider previously reported that a group of Swedish retirement home workers experimented w…
Áine Cain
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The Drive-Thru: Amazon's 'Brilliant Clark,' Tuesday Morning's bankruptcy, and Ruby Tuesday quietly closes restaurants
The mastermind behind Amazon's coronavirus response, plus closures at Tuesday Morning and Ruby Tues…
Kate Taylor
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A committee of 14 execs will run Uber during CEO Travis Kalanick's leave of absence - here they are
During Kalanick's leave of absence, Uber will be run by 14 of his direct reports, excluding his rig…
Nathan McAlone
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The 200,000-year history of how bedbugs infested our minds and homes
For me, the best part of the cleaning weekend was when the one-eyed Plott hound that lived in their…
Rafi Letzter
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Reflections on the future of Black entrepreneurship
In honor of Black History Month, 29 Black entrepreneurs discuss what it's like to be an entrepreneu…
Dominic-Madori Davis,Ebony Fl…
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The New Yorker Is Temporarily Making All Of Its Archives Free - Here Are 8 Stories You Should Definitely Read
As the international furor grew, senior military officers, and President Bush, insisted that the ac…
Harrison Jacobs
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Mark Zuckerberg just slammed anti-vaccination activists
In this bold, fascinating book, Biss investigates the metaphors and myths surrounding our conceptio…
Rob Price
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We came incredibly close to eradicating the mosquito that carries Zika from the Americas - here's why it came back
The primary method of controlling mosquitoes back then involved spraying them with insecticides lik…
Tanya Lewis
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People are pushing to have these women appear on the $20 bill
Howard started the currency campaign after she had a moment of frustration when she realized there …
Leslie Larson
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9 things you can do today to be more productive tomorrow
"Here's my big trick: I always try to leave myself something easy to do first thing the next mornin…
Shana Lebowitz
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27 things you probably didn't know about Reese Witherspoon
The 45-year-old actress and producer is well-known for her on-screen roles, but she also has a vari…
Claudia Willen
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100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die
"With 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime, we set out to build a roadmap of a literary life without mak…