Researchers have developed a cost-effective solar-powered desalination method using clay minerals to enhance seawater evaporation, potentially providing clean water for billions worldwide and endangered wolves in Ethiopia may also be pollinators for one specific plant. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Kecksburg UFO incident.

Billions of People Could Benefit from This Breakthrough in Desalination That Ensures Freshwater for the World

A wolf walks into a flower — and appears to pollinate it : NPR

These Endangered Wolves Have a Sweet Tooth—and It Might Make Them Rare Carnivorous Pollinators | Smithsonian

Wolves may be pollinators as well as predators, study suggests | CNN

Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa - Lai - 2024 - Ecology - Wiley Online Library

The Kecksburg UFO incident | History

Is case finally closed on 1965 UFO mystery? | NBC News

Kecksburg UFO Mystery: 8 Mind-Blowing Documentaries on Pennsylvania's Roswell

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1965 | Enigma Labs

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The restoration of an icon - Notre Dame shows off the new interior after the devastating fire five years ago, and the human-dog bond may be older than we thought. Plus, on This Day in History, the court case and book that helped change obscenity laws.

Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire | AP News

How did humans and dogs become friends? Connections in the Americas began 12,000 years ago | University of Arizona News

Scientists discover exactly when man and dog became friends | Science Focus

Late Pleistocene onset of mutualistic human/canid (Canis spp.) relationships in subarctic Alaska | Science Advances

Ulysses | The First Amendment Encyclopedia

Obscenity Case Files: United States v. One Book Called “Ulysses” – Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

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Your body’s fat could predict Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years ahead of symptoms, plus a 74-year-old bird might be a mom again. And, on This Day in History, we look back at ARPANET and how it led us to the internet we know today.

Hidden fat predicts Alzheimer's 20 years ahead of symptoms | ScienceDaily

Wisdom, The World's Oldest Bird, Lays Egg At 74 Years Old After Finding New Mate | IFLScience

Wisdom: World's oldest known wild bird lays egg at '74' | BBC

Albatross - Description, Habitat, Image, Diet, and Interesting Facts | Animals Network

ARPANET - Packet Data, Networking, Internet | Britannica

A Brief History of the Internet | Stanford

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It’s Weird Wednesday and Reggie has the Oxford Word of the Year, fake Gibson guitars, a 'living underwater' record attempt, and a defective candy bar. Plus, on 'This Day in History', Henry Ford’s Peace Ship expedition fails miserably during WWI … or perhaps it did not? We've got the details of this peculiar story featuring the famous industrialist.

'Brain rot' is the Oxford University Press word of the year | AP News

Why ‘Brain Rot’ Is 2024’s Word of the Year | Scientific American

More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars seized at Los Angeles port | AP News

Watch: German man attempts to break record for living underwater - UPI.com

Day 60: Halfway to History! - Ocean Builders

German tries to break world record living underwater | Video | 2news.com

Man compensated $2.53 after unwrapping smooth Mars bar - UPI.com

Smooth Mars bar wins Aylesbury man £2 compensation – and internet fame | UK news | The Guardian

TDIH: The Peculiar Case of Henry Ford

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The reason why some human brains don’t rot for thousands of years, and who’s the fool now? Pyrite, or fool’s gold, could fuel our future. Plus, on This Day in History, the first neon lights are displayed in public.

Why These Millennia-Old Brains Are So Well Preserved | Scientific American

We Used to Make Fun of Fool's Gold. Now, It Might Fuel Our Future | Popular Mechanics

How Pyrite Or “Fool’s Gold” Could Be The Fuel Of The Future Thanks To Its Lithium Connection | MSN.com

December 1910: Neon lights debut at Paris Motor Show | American Physical Society

uksignboards.com - The first neon sign was created in 1910 by French engineer and inventor Georges Claude

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What do you say when you get hurt? We dive into the research around the universal language of pain and how one company is making strides towards the first nuclear fusion reactor. Plus, on This Day in History, the announcement that helped shape the US using the philosophy of “Manifest Destiny”.

Expressions of Pain May Have a Common Origin | Scientific American

Scientists achieve major milestone with levitating, virtually limitless energy device: 'A feat in and of itself'

New Zealand powers half-ton doughnut-shaped Junior for fusion reactor

Manifest Destiny ‑ Definition, Facts & Significance | HISTORY

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We learn more about Earth’s short lived second moon and how it may relate to our actual moon, the police are called in to help with math homework, and a New Year’s demolition is approved for one town in Georgia. Plus, on This Day in History, we look back at the Berner's Street Hoax and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Earth's 'mini moon' may have been a chunk of our actual moon | AP News

Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving | Space

Deputy answers boy’s call for homework; sheriff’s office releases 911 audio | WBAY

Wis. deputy responds to assist after 10-year-old calls 911 for help with math homework | Police1

The United Federation of Teachers number - (212) 777-3380

A Georgia city will blow up an old hotel to greet 2025 | AP News

Bibb leaders approve Ramada Inn demolition in downtown Macon | 13wmaz.com

TDIH: The Berners Street Hoax | History Today

TDIIH: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade History: Floats, Balloons & More

TDIH: Berners Street Hoax – True or False?

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Turbulence while flying may be getting worse - we’ll look at why this could be happening, and how playing multiplayer video games might make you a better worker. Plus, on This Day in History, we celebrate the first "Day of Publick Thanksgivin."

You're not imagining it, flight turbulence is getting worse. | BBC Science Focus

Transport Safety Investigation Bureau Preliminary Investigation Findings of Incident Involving SQ321

Multiplayer Online Gaming Associated with Better Teamwork, Problem-Solving at the Office | Good News Network

Congress Establishes Thanksgiving | National Archives

How George Washington used his first Thanksgiving as president to unite a new country - Government Executive

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How the fossil teeth of an 11-year old helps us understand why humans have an unusually long childhood and one town in Scotland will have a jolt to its budget after discovering a 300-year-old statue. that was being used as a doorstop, is valued at $2M USD. Plus, on This Day in History; Bill Schroeder makes history with the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.

These Fossil Teeth From an 11-Year-Old Reveal Clues to Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood | Smithsonian

Did long childhood shape the evolution of the human brain? | Knowridge

The secrets of fossil teeth revealed by the synchrotron: A long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain | ScienceDaily

Dental evidence for extended growth in early Homo from Dmanisi | Nature

Town Gets Go Ahead to Sell 300-Year-old Marble Bust Found Propping Open a Shed–And Worth $2 Million

Bill Schroeder lived 620 days with an artificial heart

Bill Schroeder made medical history with artificial heart implant in ‘80s - YouTube

Jarvik-7 Artificial Heart | Smithsonian Institution

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Scientists reconsider their understanding of shadow after they discover lasers – highly concentrated beams of light – can cast one. And scientists finally have a close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy – and it’s surrounded by something interesting. Plus, on This Day in History, the campaign to make Sean Connery James Bond starts.

'It invites us to reconsider our notion of shadow': Laser beams can actually cast their own shadows, scientists discover | Live Science

Lasers That Cast Shadows? Physics Takes a Surprising Turn

Shadow of a laser beam

Scientists take first ever close-up picture of star outside our galaxy – and see strange structure around it | The Independent

Astronomers take the first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy | ScienceDaily

The true story of how Sean Connery became James Bond | The Gentleman's Journal

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