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For nearly a year, SpaceX has been trying out something new: super-cooling the liquid oxygen (LOX) which is a key ingredient in rocket fuel. It's called deep-cryo LOX, and the idea has been around ...

Perhaps the toughest to decipher is lox and smoked salmon, specifically cold smoked salmon. Like smoked salmon, lox is salmon that's been cured in salt (and sometimes other seasonings) and is ...

Lox is traditionally a salt-cured fillet from the salmon's belly, an area with the fattiest and richest meat (similar to a pork belly). If you've never had it with a bagel and cream cheese (or a ...

You've got to pile on the classic toppings: New York deli cream cheese, some tomatoes, capers, and onions if you're feeling fancy, and of course, a few slices of lox. That's a common order at any ...