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Video: What Happened to the World’s Largest Tube TV? [35:45]
youtube.com

Eyelashes’ special features help fling water from the eyes
sciencenews.org

‘I didn’t realize the role rice played’: the ingenious crop cultivation of the Gullah Geechee people
theguardian.com • (see also)

A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate
nytimes.com

Planes, drones or UFOs: What are people seeing in the New Jersey sky?
space.com

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will reach its closest-ever point to the sun on Christmas Eve
livescience.com

The Risk of Cancer Fades as We Get Older, And We May Finally Know Why
sciencealert.com

Caffeine is everywhere. Is it actually harmless?
salon.com

New images show Brazil’s uncontacted people are thriving – but with success comes a new threat
theguardian.com

Video: The truth about Hot Ones sauces [21:31]
youtube.com

They were lost at sea for 52 hours. Here’s what it was like
cbc.ca

This week: Bird recovery, hello darkness my new friend, lick interpretations, and more!
damninteresting.com

Webb offers best glimpse ever into icy planetesimals of early solar system
phys.org

Team presents first demonstration of quantum teleportation over busy internet cables
phys.org

Antibodies Could Soon Help Slow the Aging Process
wired.com

These 500-Year-Old Cannons May Help Unravel the Mysteries of the Coronado Expedition
smithsonianmag.com

Giant sloths and mastodons coexisted with humans for millennia in Americas, new discoveries suggest
abcnews.go.com

The world’s largest waterfall, hidden underwater and unlike any other on land
livescience.com

Meet Endurance, a pioneering NASA moon rover designed to survive the frigid lunar night
space.com

Does the Sun make noise?
popsci.com

The case to build a new ISS: the International Solar Sunshade
spacenews.com

The next generation of neural networks could live in hardware
technologyreview.com • (see also)

Scientists achieve collective quantum behavior in macroscopic oscillators
phys.org • (see also)

Scientists peered into a secret Antarctic lake hidden beneath the ice — and uncovered a never-before-seen ecosystem
livescience.com • (see also)

We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time
arstechnica.com

A plant that lived 47 million years ago in what is now Utah is like nothing that lives on planet Earth today.
sciencealert.com • (see also)

How rich musicians billed American taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar bonuses
businessinsider.com • Mirror

These Particles Only Move in One Direction. Scientists Think They Could Revolutionize Computing.
popularmechanics.com

The Magnetic North Pole Has Officially Changed Position
sciencealert.com

Video: This Musical Instrument Took Eons To Make [11:14]
youtube.com

How to avoid the latest generation of scams this holiday season
theconversation.com

Watch swarms of ant-like microrobots lift heavy objects and more
cosmosmagazine.com

Video: Why your favorite movies fake their locations [8:52]
youtube.com

Quantum Entanglement Set To Revolutionize X-Ray Imaging
discovermagazine.com

They Missed Their Cruise Ship. That Was Only The Beginning.
curbed.com

Video: Lost Tombs of Notre Dame [53:55]
youtube.com

Google Street View provides clue to catching alleged killers in Spain
abc.net.au

This baby exoplanet is made of different stuff than its birth cloud
space.com

California Squirrels Have Developed a Taste For Meat in Surprise Discovery
sciencealert.com

Scientists sheds light on how our brains create mental “chapters” with new event segmentation study
psypost.org

Sprinkling diamond dust into the sky could offset almost all of climate change so far — but it’ll cost $175 trillion
livescience.com

Louisiana resident in critical condition with H5N1 bird flu
arstechnica.com • (see also)

Video: Disney’s Animatronics: A Living History [1:45:34]
youtube.com

‘Murder hornets’ eradicated in the US, officials say
bbc.com

The bald eagle isn’t actually America’s national bird — but that’s poised to change
npr.org

‘I drove as fast as I could’: What happened to Malibu’s horses when the fire hit
bbc.com

The new science ending the ‘terror and panic’ of coming off long-term antidepressant use
theguardian.com

Manhattan man pleads guilty to helping establish secret Chinese police station in NYC
apnews.com

Twins Were Typical Among Our Primate Ancestors. What Changed?
sciencealert.com

NY homeowner makes jaw-dropping mastodon discovery in backyard
bbc.com

Video: The $100BN Plan to Save Tokyo [38:39]
youtube.com

The Human Brain Operates at a Stunningly Slow Pace
scientificamerican.com

The Ingenious Engineering of Leonardo da Vinci’s Self-Supporting Bridge, Explained
openculture.com

Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis
theguardian.com

The Search for van Gogh’s Lost Masterpiece
nytimes.com • Mirror

Video: The REAL Reason You Can’t Sleep After Surgery [4:41]
youtube.com

Marvel at These Fabulous Retro-Futurism Illustrations
mossandfog.com

Patients whose allergies cause the sniffles have different fungi living in their noses, scientists discover
phys.org

Chinese detector to hunt elusive neutrinos deep underground
phys.org

Video: Why Saudi Arabia is Building a $1 Trillion City in the Desert [34:17]
youtube.com