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The Woman Who Defined the Great Depression
newrepublic.com

This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab
nature.com

Video: This Ancient Technology Makes Things Spin Really Fast! [9:57]
youtube.com • (see also)

Scientists just discovered a sea creature [coral] as large as two basketball courts. Here’s what it looks like.
vox.com

First known double gravitational lens could shed light on universe’s expansion
science.org

‘I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life’
theconversation.com

Deep-sea scientists just filmed something enormous swimming over the seafloor in Chile
discoverwildlife.com

Mahatma Gandhi’s letter to Adolf Hitler, December 24, 1940
mkgandhi.org

This week: Plastic clouds, Michelangelo’s bunker, chimpanzee stage fright, and more!
damninteresting.com

A Mysterious Image Was Supposed to Be Amelia Earhart’s Plane. Searchers Found Only an Illusion.
popularmechanics.com

‘I was a fool’: Art Garfunkel describes tearful reunion with Paul Simon
theguardian.com

A century before Zoom, the AIEE connected over 5,000 engineers in 8 cities for a live meeting via telephone
spectrum.ieee.org

Caltech Astrophysicists Flip Black Hole Theories With Stunning New Simulations
scitechdaily.com

Video: Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change [16:53]
youtube.com

Our link curation will be on hold for the week of November 10-16. But we’ll be back.
damninteresting.com

Emperor penguin arrives on WA beach thousands of kilometres from home
abc.net.au

This week: Cheese heist, Shakespearean monkeys, alcoholic fauna, and more!
damninteresting.com

Elephants can wash with a hose – and sabotage shower time, scientists say
theguardian.com

Video: Inside the ‘most sophisticated’ drug lab in Canadian history [10:31]
cbc.ca

Chimpanzees perform better on challenging computer tasks when they have an audience, research reveals
phys.org

The Webb Telescope Found A Planet Orbiting A Star 35 Light Years Away — Its Data Is Just Plain Odd
inverse.com

Mysterious, city-size ‘centaur’ comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption
livescience.com

Cells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals
theconversation.com

How Our Brain Stabilizes Vision Amid Constant Eye Movement
neurosciencenews.com

On this day in ’73, workers removed the remains of an extraordinary tree: The Lonely Tree of Ténéré
damninteresting.com

Chimney Sweeps and the Turn Against Child Labor
daily.jstor.org

Video: The Periodic Table in a 2D World [4:21]
youtube.com

Bank Manager Headed to Prison After Stealing a Fortune From His Customer
vice.com

‘The first thing I did was poke it’: Canada beach blobs mystery solved by chemists
theguardian.com

Hubble watches neutron stars collide and explode to create black hole and ‘birth atoms’
livescience.com

Christmas Island’s red crab migration back to bumper levels after dry 2023
abc.net.au • (see also)

85 years ago today a German handyman (and/or time traveler) almost succeeded in assassinating Hitler
damninteresting.com

Toronto crypto company CEO kidnapped, held for $1M ransom before being released
cbc.ca

Identity of casts of victims at Pompeii not all they seem, research suggests
theguardian.com

Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how
space.com

Over 40 monkeys escape from South Carolina research facility
npr.org

The Shipwreck Detective
newyorker.com

How water flowed on ancient Mars
cosmosmagazine.com

Ticker-tape synaesthesia – when real life comes with subtitles
theguardian.com

Are there health benefits to eating turmeric and other spices?
bbc.com

New Discovery Paves The Way to Generating Energy From Body Heat
sciencealert.com

A World Without Men: Inside South Korea’s 4B Movement
thecut.com

Mysterious circular DNA found in more than half of patients with certain types of cancer
english.elpais.com

Nearly three years since launch, Webb is a hit among astronomers
arstechnica.com

Plants Really Do ‘Scream’. We’ve Simply Never Heard Them Until Now.
sciencealert.com

Video: The Change from Roman Numerals [13:00]
youtube.com

Airborne microplastics aid in cloud formation
arstechnica.com

A Cloned Ferret Has Given Birth for the First Time in History, Marking a Win for Her Endangered Species
smithsonianmag.com

Chemistry Lesson for a Farmer
mcgill.ca

Video: A new kind of mitochondria [4:18]
youtube.com

Baghdad Battery: The 2000-year-old artifact and its timeless mystery
interestingengineering.com

Smashing atomic nuclei together reveals their elusive shapes
nature.com

Video: The Unbelievable True Story Of The Apollo 13 Rescue [1:43:58]
youtube.com

Bach, Mozart or jazz: Scientists provide a quantitative measure of variability in music pieces
phys.org

New Homeowners Find Skeleton in Attic 15 Years After Previous Owner Vanished
vice.com

‘Ridiculously smooth’: James Webb telescope spies unusual pancake-like disk around nearby star Vega
livescience.com

In Denmark, an Ancient Army Met a Mysterious End in a Lake
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’
theconversation.com • (see also)

Physicists Spot Quantum Tornadoes Twirling in a ‘Supersolid’
quantamagazine.org • (see also)

Life-seeking, ice-melting robots could punch through Europa’s icy shell
technologyreview.com • (see also)