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Missing ingredient for life finally found on a comet
newatlas.com

Your Brain Is Not for Thinking
nytimes.com

Why you lose words on the tip of your tongue
bbc.com

Solar power stations in space could be the answer to our energy needs
theconversation.com

The Surprising Way Keyhole Wasps Can Take Down an Airplane
gizmodo.com

Periodic table: scientists propose new way of ordering the elements
theconversation.com

Thumb study reveals why one ancient human had an upper hand over another
inverse.com

This week: Unchilled monkey brains, nature’s cryogenics, invisible light in space, underwater escape clod
damninteresting.com

How Did Knights In Armour Go To The Toilet?
historyextra.com

Did Viruses Create the Nucleus? The Answer May Be Near.
quantamagazine.org

Ireland’s first and only dinosaur finds confirmed
newatlas.com

Making a New World: Armistice Soundwave
codatocoda.com

The Ethics of Rebooting the Dead
wired.com

Things will be a little quiet around here for a day or two due to the US Thanksgiving holiday. Here is our random article selector:
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6,000 years of arrows emerge from melting Norwegian ice patch
nationalgeographic.com

A solar-powered rocket might be our ticket to interstellar space
arstechnica.com

The Silk Road Was More Than a Vast Trade Route
discovermagazine.com

Happiness Won’t Save You
nytimes.com

Leaf-cutter ants are coated in rocky crystal armor, never before seen in insects
nationalgeographic.com

Here’s what we know about Earth’s new minimoon
universetoday.com

Meet the Microbes Living on Da Vinci’s Iconic Sketches
wired.com

Contemplating the End of Physics
quantamagazine.org

Charles Darwin: Notebooks worth millions lost for 20 years
bbc.com

The Life of Carla Capponi, Nazi-Fighter of Occupied Rome
lithub.com

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

Video: What Genghis Khan’s Mongolian Sounded Like [9:32]
youtube.com • (see also)

Massive Swarm of Eels Is The Most Fish Ever Recorded at The Bottom of The Ocean
sciencealert.com

New Chemistry and the Birth of Public Hygiene
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

North Korean gymnast defects by vaulting fences
watoday.com.au

‘My Hunt for the Original McDonald’s French-Fry Recipe’
atlasobscura.com • (see also)

Theories abound over mystery metal monolith found in Utah
theguardian.com • Location? • See also

The Original Selfie Craze Was the Mirror
smithsonianmag.com

The 2,400-year-old Lady of Baza statue reveals insights into ancient Spain
nationalgeographic.com

Video: How Radioactivity Makes Planets Habitable [5:40]
youtube.com

‘Superbolts’ are real, and they flash up to 1,000 times brighter than regular lightning
livescience.com • (see also)

Video: Bizarre Spinning Glue [12:35]
youtube.com

Hints of twisted light offer clues to dark energy’s nature
nature.com

A New Study About Color Tries to Decode ‘The Brain’s Pantone’
wired.com • (see also)

Scientists Are Sharing Memories of The Iconic Arecibo Telescope, And It’s Emotional
sciencealert.com

Why Scientists Are Shooting Lasers at This Nebula
popularmechanics.com

How a Thanksgiving Day gag ruffled feathers in Mission Control
arstechnica.com

The rise and fall of Tab
theconversation.com • (see also)

The Mystery of Male Pregnancy and Birth in Seahorses
discovermagazine.com

Hegra, an Ancient City in Saudi Arabia Untouched for Millennia, Makes Its Public Debut
smithsonianmag.com

If You Pay a Mouse To Eat a Cookie, Will He Like It More or Less?
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Laughing is good for your mind and your body
theconversation.com • (see also)

Conjoined twins: ‘We always knew we were different’
bbc.com

China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft to return the first lunar samples since 1976
nationalgeographic.com

How German Librarians Finally Caught an Elusive Book Thief
atlasobscura.com

The forgotten Hawaiian islands in Canada
bbc.com

Helicopter pilot finds ‘strange’ monolith in remote part of Utah
theguardian.com • (see also)

400 years ago, visitors to this painted cave took hallucinogens
nationalgeographic.com

Robots Invade the Construction Site
wired.com

Earth’s History Is Hidden in the Hair of Dead People
theatlantic.com • (see also)

New insights from study of people age 90 and above
cbsnews.com

Dreamliner crew rest: The secret space where your 787 pilots, attendants sleep
thepointsguy.co.uk

‘It was a total invasion’: the virus that came back from the dead
theguardian.com

The Biggest Misunderstanding About the Sun
realclearscience.com

We’re About to Witness a Super-Rare Planetary Alignment Not Seen in 800 Years
sciencealert.com

Can a Computer Devise a Theory of Everything?
nytimes.com