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How the Grinch Bots Stole Your Sneakers
undark.org

Video: Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Gadgets [12:34]
youtube.com

The man who invented the Zamboni
thehustle.co

The mystery of Siberia’s exploding craters
bbc.com

Solving a Cosmological Ghost Particle Mystery: Theory That Neutrinos Shape the Universe Validated
scitechdaily.com

While renovating a house in San Francisco, a couple discovered a diary that had been hidden away for more than a century
magazine.atavist.com

Giant Arecibo radio telescope collapses in Puerto Rico
theguardian.com • Photo

Beautiful Yet Unnerving Photos of the Arctic Getting Greener
wired.com

Why Europe’s Space Agency Is Spending $103 Million to Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk
gizmodo.com

Inside a Neo-Nazi Terror Cell as It Reckons With FBI Arrests
vice.com

What Happened on John Lennon’s Last Day
smithsonianmag.com

The forgotten fighter plane which won the Battle of Britain
See also • See also • bbc.com

Mystery metal monolith vanishes from Utah desert
theguardian.com

Neutrinos Prove Our Sun Is Undergoing a Second Type of Fusion in Its Core
sciencealert.com

The Race To Crack Battery Recycling—Before It’s Too Late
wired.com

Scientists Confirm Entirely New Species of Gelatinous Blob From The Deep, Dark Sea
sciencealert.com

London A.I. Lab Claims Breakthrough That Could Accelerate Drug Discovery
nytimes.com

Verona Rupes: Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System
apod.nasa.gov

‘Absolutely remarkable’: No one who got Moderna’s vaccine in trial developed severe COVID-19
sciencemag.org

‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’ rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest
theguardian.com

Smokin’ Cy DeVry Was the Original Tiger King
narratively.com

Chinese submarine sends first live video back from the bottom of the Mariana Trench
abc.net.au • (see also)

The Amazon’s mouth-watering ‘fifth flavour’
bbc.com • (see also)

‘Is anybody in there?’ Life on the inside as a locked-in patient
theguardian.com

Fukushima’s Radioactive Wastewater Dilemma
hakaimagazine.com

The Lettuce Workers Strike of 1930
daily.jstor.org

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:
damninteresting.com

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
Location? • See also • theguardian.com

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