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Mikhail Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Miracle
foreignpolicy.com

For The New York Times’ Sarah Maslin Nir, covering the Macy’s Parade is a life-affirming tradition
poynter.org

She’s in charge of Canada’s first ‘body farm’ and yes, she knows that’s creepy
thestar.com • (see also)

Original tomb raider: was Tutankhamun buried in someone else’s grave?
theguardian.com

Why We Celebrate Thanksgiving On The 4th Thursday Of November
npr.org

China’s Dead Sea Is a Visual Feast
atlasobscura.com

3 kids. 2 paychecks. No home.
story.californiasunday.com

Only eat oysters in months with an ‘r’? Rule of thumb is at least 4,000 years old
floridamuseum.ufl.edu

Are podcasts a disaster waiting to happen?
theguardian.com • (see also)

New image offers close-up view of interstellar comet
news.yale.edu

Immigration officials set up a fake university in Detroit, enticed hundreds of foreign students to enroll, accepted their tuition, then deported them
freep.com

Is This the First Fossil of an Embryo?
nytimes.com

Cryptocurrency Will Not Die
gq.com

What happened after an explosion at a Russian disease research lab called VECTOR?
thebulletin.org • (see also)

Mysterious Radio Signal Hints at New Type of Star System
realclearscience.com

Russian cows get VR headsets ‘to reduce anxiety’
bbc.com

Image: Hoag’s Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring Galaxy
apod.nasa.gov

New leaf-toed geckos found living on remote volcano
nationalgeographic.com

Ponzi Schemes, Private Yachts, and a Missing $250 Million in Crypto: The Strange Tale of Quadriga
vanityfair.com

This Is Why The ‘X17’ Particle And A New, Fifth Force Probably Don’t Exist
forbes.com

Video: LIFE BEYOND: Chapter 1. Alien life, deep time, and our place in cosmic history [30:25]
youtube.com

CERN’s Oldest Particle Accelerator Is Still Running 60 Years Later
gizmodo.com

50 years ago the Rolling Stones headlined a ‘West Coast Woodstock.’ It ended the ’60s with darkness and death.
washingtonpost.com

That Time Animators Brought a Guillotine to the Disney Labor Strike in 1941
paleofuture.gizmodo.com • (see also)

To Train Foreign Service Agents, You Must Build a Fake Town
wired.com

Someone put dead cats in these walls, but to what end?
laphamsquarterly.org

‘Growing Up in the Midst of a Low-Level Civil War’
crimereads.com

There has never been a better time to start a small space agency
technologyreview.com

An alien comet from another star is soaring through our solar system
washingtonpost.com

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Storm Isn’t Dying Anytime Soon
space.com

Study: Cryptocurrency mining harms human health as surely as traditional mining
anthropocenemagazine.org

‘They’re profiting off pain’: the push to rein in the $1.2bn prison phone industry
theguardian.com

Three Baltimore men exonerated after serving 36 years in prison for teen’s murder
cbsnews.com

How our dreams prepare us to face our fears
unige.ch

How Roadkill Became an Environmental Disaster
theatlantic.com

Did Ovid’s erotic poetry lead to his exile from Rome?
nationalgeographic.com

First Measurements of a Blue Whale’s Heart Rate Are a Glimpse Into the Biology of Extremes
gizmodo.com

Mystery sounds from storms could help predict tornadoes
theguardian.com

Will the Equal Rights Amendment ever be ratified?
nationalgeographic.com

The Mystery of Lincoln’s First Inauguration Photograph
blogs.loc.gov

Mounting evidence suggests neutrinos are key to why antimatter is rare
sciencenews.org

On this day in 1703 an important piece of amateur architecture was put in peril
damninteresting.com

New flu drug drives drug resistance in influenza viruses
phys.org

Is it Safe to Eat Roadkill?
livescience.com

You’re Tracked Everywhere You Go Online. Use This Guide to Fight Back.
nytimes.com

Planets Around a Black Hole? ― Calculations Show Possibility of Bizarre Worlds
cfca.nao.ac.jp

How New York City Found Clean Water
smithsonianmag.com

9-year-old finishes college in just nine months
washingtonpost.com • (see also)

How a 30-Year Experiment Has Fundamentally Changed Our View of How Evolution Works
discovermagazine.com

Prepping for Parole
newyorker.com

Star Jelly: The Mysterious Phenomenon That Inspired ‘The Blob’
amusingplanet.com

Long-Hidden 3D Scan of Ancient Egyptian Nefertiti Bust Finally Revealed
livescience.com

Black Friday is bad for business
qz.com

Bacteria farms produce natural sugar safe for diabetics and teeth
newatlas.com

82-year-old female bodybuilder beats down home intruder
cbsnews.com

Once again, a Chinese rocket has doused a village with toxic fuel
arstechnica.com

Purists v partiers: the battle between two popular nudist resorts
theguardian.com

Big Calculator: How Texas Instruments Monopolized Math Class
gen.medium.com

How we could sleep better – in less time
bbc.com

Priceless 18th-century jewellery taken in Dresden Green Vault heist
theguardian.com