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The Woman on the Bridge
nytimes.com

This MiG Super Fighter Terrified NATO. Then a Soviet Pilot Stole One.
popularmechanics.com

In the 1950s, rather than integrate some public schools, Virginia closed them
theguardian.com

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sends a Beautiful Picture Postcard From Mars
scitechdaily.com

Promising new electric iodine thruster passes key test in orbit
space.com

Dancer, singer, activist, spy: the extraordinary life of Josephine Baker
webdoc.france24.com

Why some people find it harder to be happy
theconversation.com

Peter Jackson on how Tolkien stopped a Beatles LOTR film
bbc.com

CERN Physicists Detect Collider Neutrinos for First Time
sci-news.com

Why Whistleblower Frances Haugen Decided to Take on Facebook
time.com • (see also)

Archaeologists unearth mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old in Peru
theguardian.com

Fashion History’s Most Flustering Flex: The Codpiece
messynessychic.com

Logbooks linked to Antarctic explorers Shackleton and Scott found in storage room
theguardian.com

Gallery: A Visit to Churchill, Manitoba, During Polar-Bear Season
theatlantic.com • (see also)

If We Find Fossils On Mars, They Could Be Fake, Scientists Warn
popularmechanics.com

Dark side of Black Friday: the major drawbacks with this shopping bonanza
theconversation.com

A rare look inside the Smithsonian’s secret storerooms
nationalgeographic.com

Why Euler’s Number Is Just the Best
quantamagazine.org

In the quantum realm, not even time flows as you might expect
phys.org • (see also)

‘My Day in Zoom Court’: Virtual Trials Are a Better Option for Sexual Assault Survivors
thewalrus.ca

The Ugliest Airplane: An Appreciation
airspacemag.com

NASA Is Practicing Asteroid Deflection. You Know, Just in Case.
theatlantic.com

Post haste: Alabama police investigate mystery of ravine full of FedEx packages
theguardian.com • (see also)

The Spy Who Never Was
crimereads.com • (see also)

‘Tis the Thanksgiving holiday here in the USA, so we’ll be off for most of the day. Here is a Thanksgiving-related article
damninteresting.com

On this day in 1703 “The Great Storm” threatened an important piece of experimental architecture
damninteresting.com

The world’s largest organism is slowly being eaten by deer
theconversation.com

Video: The mystery of Siberia’s 2,500-year-old ‘Ice Maiden’ [06:06]
bbc.com

Ultrashort laser pulses shred superbugs without harming human cells
newatlas.com

Magnetic Anomaly in New Mexico Reveals an Invisible Signature of Meteorite Impacts
sciencealert.com

This webcomic made it okay to be sad online. Then its artist vanished.
inputmag.com

Do babies cry in the womb?
livescience.com

Amazon’s never-ending fake reviews problem, explained
cnet.com

Exotic Four-Quark Particle Spotted at Large Hadron Collider
scientificamerican.com

Why cellular agriculture could be the future of farming
bbc.com

What We Will Never Know
gizmodo.com

One year on this giant, blistering hot planet is just 16 hours long
phys.org

Mammoth tusk recovered from an unlikely place: the bottom of the ocean
cnn.com

How the Rosetta Stone Yielded Its Secrets
newyorker.com

Priceless Roman mosaic spent 50 years as a coffee table in New York apartment
theguardian.com

A Woman Pleads Guilty to Using RentAHitman.Com to Try to Kill Her Ex-Husband for $5,000
gizmodo.com

Could One Shot Kill the Flu?
newyorker.com

The McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Hacking Saga Has a New Twist
wired.com

Scientist predicts Earth will develop rings like Saturn
thehill.com

How Earth’s Magnetic Field Flip Will Impact Life on Our Planet
interestingengineering.com

Biodegradable take on Velcro latches on like a parasitic climbing plant
newatlas.com

Nasa to slam spacecraft into asteroid in mission to avoid future Armaggedon
theguardian.com

Video: One Month of Sun in 4K [44:00]
youtube.com

Man Keeps a Rock For Years, Hoping It’s Gold. It Turned Out to Be Far More Valuable
sciencealert.com

NASA Confirms Existence of Hundreds of New Worlds Outside Our Solar System
newsweek.com

Maya breakthrough as incredible underwater discovery solves 1,000-year-old mystery
guardianmag.press

We’ve lost Internet access at Damn HQ, and repairs are ~24 hours away. So it’ll be quiet around here for a day.
damninteresting.com

The Algorithm That Lets Particle Physicists Count Higher Than Two
quantamagazine.org

Dramatic photos show La Palma volcano’s ongoing eruption
nationalgeographic.com

On this day in 1987 televisions in Chicago flickered with a sinister and unexplained visage
damninteresting.com

Mysterious Fast Radio Bursts Are Finally Coming into Focus
scientificamerican.com

Video: Searching for the truth in Emperor Caligula’s gardens in Rome [13:37]
cbsnews.com

Wind Rider: A High Performance Magsail
centauri-dreams.org

Video: Disney’s FastPass: A Complicated History [1:42:59]
youtube.com

Rolls-Royce’s electric plane hits 387 mph to lay claim as world’s fastest
newatlas.com