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Due to the overwhelming number of anticipated brawls this Thanksgiving, we decided to streamline your day with an Official Family Thanksgiving Fight Schedule. This is a double-elimination tournament that will abide by UFC rules.¹

MOM vs. GRANDMA
1:00 p.m. / Living Room
This first fight will center around generational trauma and fruit salad. It will set the tone for the rest of the event.

TURKEY vs. CHEF
All Day / Kitchen
Though the turkey suffered a deadly beating last week in TURKEY vs. BUTCHER, it still has some fight left in it. This deceased bird will do everything in its power to ruin the chef’s credibility and sanity.

Why does a soda can make that distinctive ‘pop’? A philosophy professor explains how food marketing manipulates our senses

- Video by the Institute of Art and Ideas

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An ode to life on the road. Irish Travellers at a gathering in County Galway share memories, songs and crafts by the fire

- by Aeon Video

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Those frustrating patterns you keep experiencing might be because of your schemas – and there’s a therapy that can help

- by Gemma Gladstone

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A new study measures the impact meat eating has on the planet, one city at a time

The post What’s Your City’s Hoofprint? appeared first on Nautilus.

Watch a UK-aired interview with Irish Republican Gerry Adams between 1988 and 1994, and pay attention to his delivery; the former politician’s voice, usually uninflected, has been replaced, and his mouth is moving out of sync with the audio, which is lagging. In October 1988, Margaret Thatcher banned the members and supporters of eleven Irish […]

New research into white dwarfs could help us measure our universe

The post Scientists Gaze Into the Heart of a Cosmic Vampire appeared first on Nautilus.

REPORTER: I’m here live with Uncle Bill just moments after Thanksgiving dinner. Bill, can you walk us through what happened tonight?

UNCLE BILL: Sure, I mean, obviously, I’m not happy with the result. Before we took our places, I was informed I’d be sitting at the kids’ table, which, frankly, I think is a slap in the face given my history with this organization. Everyone likes to preach that we’re a family around here, and you just don’t expect to be treated this way by family. I respect the host’s judgment, but I disagree with the decision. I just tried to focus on the meal and do my best out there.

REPORTER: Were you given a reason as to why you were demoted?

“If this is correct, to the extent of my knowledge, it would mark the first time humanity has ‘seen’ dark matter.”

The post Was Dark Matter Just Detected for the First Time? appeared first on Nautilus.

Fossils from a 3-ton shark unearthed in northern Australia suggests these creatures grew into massive, fearsome predators earlier than previously thought

The post This Huge Ocean Beast Shifts Sharks’ Evolutionary Timeline appeared first on Nautilus.

Our neural command centers evolve through predictable major turning points from birth to death

The post The Five Eras of the Human Brain appeared first on Nautilus.

The world’s seven richest men now double as media barons, buying up platforms from CNN and CBS to Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Alan MacLeod charts how their ties to Trump, the Pentagon and Israel are tightening control over what we see, hear and say.

The post The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons appeared first on MintPress News.

“President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to bring a swift end to perhaps the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing a monthslong, tooth-and-nail fight to prevent their disclosure.” – CNN

Literature from western India describe diverse savanna landscapes, defying the dogma that these ecosystems resulted from relatively recent deforestation

The post Ancient Folklore Upends Dangerous Savanna Myths appeared first on Nautilus.

Compared to human breast milk, the milk from grey seals is richer in sugars that could one day supercharge baby formula

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