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The U.S. Is Building an Early Warning System to Detect Geoengineering
nytimes.com

How the bullet train transformed Japan
bbc.com

Last week: Piscine doomsday, native democracy, racecar rats, and more!
damninteresting.com

‘As darkness fell, blazing hangars lit up the sky’: How the fall of Pyongyang brought the world to the brink of crisis
bbc.com

Video: Why Things Look That Way Under a Blacklight [6:28]
youtube.com

Extraordinary – Australian scientists create virtual reality for insects
cosmosmagazine.com

Where’s the Blaze Star? Why the overdue ‘new star’ T Coronae Borealis has yet to light up the night sky
space.com

Fish Have a Brain Microbiome. Could Humans Have One Too?
quantamagazine.org

Video: The “Impossible Torpedo” was real [16:32]
youtube.com

Giant Redheaded Centipedes Are Venom Mixologists
nytimes.com

A Firsthand Account of What Homelessness in America Is Really Like
esquire.com

NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures the Sombrero Galaxy in Breathtaking Detail
scitechdaily.com

‘I cried, I cried. I had no one’: the brutal child kidnappings that shamed Belgian Congo
theguardian.com

Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
theconversation.com

Shocking Video Shows Yoga Tourist Being Swept Into the Sea
thedailybeast.com

Ice age humans made needles from animal bones, archeologists discover
popsci.com

The Mediterranean Almost Vanished Millions of Years Ago. Here’s Why.
sciencealert.com • (see also)

‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’: meet the neuroscientist who believes life could be eternal
theguardian.com

Scientists Just Measured an Atom on the Brink of Existence
scitechdaily.com

Video: Europe’s Strangest Unsolved Mystery [30:56]
youtube.com

Why do we kiss? ‘I am not sure we have anything close to an explanation’
theguardian.com

Hoard of Roman coins found during building work
bbc.com

The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes
wired.com

When a Telescope Is a National-Security Risk
theatlantic.com • Mirror

Uranus is weirder than we thought: Scientists report new mysteries of the tilted planet
salon.com

Canada firm compresses spherical tokamak plasma in a world-first
interestingengineering.com

Gargoyles, stained glass and the spire: How Notre-Dame was restored
bbc.com

Teen Mathematicians Tie Knots Through a Mind-Blowing Fractal
quantamagazine.org

Video: You’re Probably Wrong About Rainbows [27:10]
youtube.com

It is Thanksgiving in the USA, so we are off until next week. Thanks!
damninteresting.com

Celebrating the king banished by the British
bbc.com

‘Supergiant’ gold deposit discovered in China is one of the largest on Earth — and is worth more than $80 billion
livescience.com

Exploring life at its simplest: Scientists create a ‘minimal cell membrane’ with just two lipids
phys.org

5 galaxies in perfect alignment challenge our best model of the universe
space.com

Great apes may have cognitive foundations for language
popsci.com

Their DNA survives in diverse populations across the world – but who were the Denisovans?
theconversation.com

Scientists detect the most powerful cosmic rays ever
livescience.com

The Biggest Simulation of The Universe Ever
sciencealert.com

International Space Station dodges 2nd piece of space junk in 6 days
space.com

Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter’s poles
news.berkeley.edu

Why humans feel the need to feast together
bbc.com

Video: What Happened to America’s First Megacity? [12:49]
youtube.com

A Study Says Human Hibernation Could Be Possible—If We Can Harness the Power of Bat Blood
popularmechanics.com

Scientists are learning why ultra-processed foods are bad for you
economist.com

Mercedes reinvents the brakes for electric vehicles
newatlas.com

Ancient Egyptians Drank Psychedelic Concoctions From This 2,000-Year-Old Mug, Study Finds
smithsonianmag.com

Squirting Cucumbers Shoot Their Seeds Like Botanical Bombardiers
nytimes.com

A Scandal Fit for Print: William Randolph Hearst and the Death of Legendary Producer, Thomas H. Ince
crimereads.com

Study finds Indigenous people cultivated hazelnuts 7,000 years ago, challenging modern assumptions
cbc.ca

Video: NASA Hit an Asteroid 26 Times Further Than Expected [23:27]
youtube.com

The crime messenger
cbc.ca

Video: Wheat Is in Trouble. Can Science Save It? [5:11]
youtube.com • (see also)

A Secret Parachute in the FBI’s Possession May Have Finally Solved D.B. Cooper’s Identity
popularmechanics.com • (see also)

Meet the ‘giant’ river crabs that live beneath Rome’s ancient ruins
nationalgeographic.com • Mirror

Video: Why don’t companies want you to repair your stuff? [6:04]
youtube.com

Is the Future of Lab-Grown Meat in Luxury Products?
undark.org

Citizenship sales, land creation and legal battles: How small islands are confronting existential climate threat
bbc.com

Fallen rocks hid forgotten chamber of ancient Egyptian temple
miamiherald.com

Video: Why Didn’t Motion Capture Replace Animation? [13:06]
youtube.com

The Business-School Scandal That Just Keeps Getting Bigger
theatlantic.com • Mirror