Gut Yontif to the Pontiff, and to anyone else celebrating today! Science:

Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek’s disease virus (good explainer thread here)
A New Look at P Values for Randomized Clinical Trials
Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse during the Last Interglacial
Pottery Was Women’s Work in Biblical Libnah – Unless the Men Had Nothing Better to Do
‘Fake’ Seal Impression of Biblical King Jeroboam Is Authentic, New Study Says
Archaeologists Bewildered by Monumental Moat That Split Biblical Jerusalem in Two: Israeli archaeologists have found a huge ditch carved into the rock that may have split ancient Jerusalem in two 3,000 years ago, with the elites on one side and the rest on the other. Why is another question

Other:

The $600,000 problem. Why does it cost so much to build housing in Boston, and what can we do about it? (if you care about housing, you need to read this)
Why 14th Amendment bars Trump from office: A constitutional law scholar explains principle behind Colorado Supreme Court ruling
Everyone you know sick? 9 states reach CDC’s highest level for respiratory illness
It’s Time for the U.S. to Give Israel Some Tough Love (free link)
Critics see ‘double standard’ in Harvard’s handling of plagiarism allegations
Trump vows to indemnify the police. Experts say that’s already reality in most departments.
We Palestinians Are Also Murderers: It is a deliberate, powerful act of morality for Palestinians to say, even when nearly 20,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza: ‘We also kill Israelis.’ And the Palestinian narrative, our demand for national liberation, will not only survive that epiphany and confession: It will be reborn
Think your credit card rate is high? Some in Brazil pay 455 percent. A new crop of Silicon Valley-backed digital banks has promised financial inclusion for Brazil’s poor. The effort has left some borrowers worse off than before.
The MBTA’s new Green Line extension has a long history of trouble. It’s still not fixed.
Mass Release of Palestinian Security Prisoners Could Save Israel Billions, but at What Risk?
These advocates see the pain of homeless families up close every day. It takes a toll. Four tireless advocates at a Beverly nonprofit see the enraging gaps in the state’s emergency shelter system daily.
Israelis Need the Army Spokesman’s Lies to Keep Believing We’re Winning. The whole point of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit is to put lipstick on nonsense. Don’t believe it? Remember the euphoria after we hit Hamas’ tunnels in Gaza in May 2021
Downplaying the horrors of slavery will never erase its stain or America’s shame
‘There’s Not Much Antisemitism at Harvard’: Jewish Nobel Laureate Defends Harvard Head
Israel has waged one of this century’s most destructive wars in Gaza. The damage in Gaza has outpaced other recent conflicts, evidence shows. Israel has dropped some of the largest bombs commonly used today near hospitals.
U.S. Jewish Leaders Urge Biden to Form Post-war Israeli-Palestinian Peace Initiative
Biden’s historic pay raise for federal workers set to take effect. Republicans, in an unusual move, did not challenge Biden’s proposal to hike pay by 5.2 percent
Israel’s Choice: Cease-fire Now or Dead Hostages Later
The man behind 50 years of D.C. sports changes
Measles, mumps: Experts stress vaccine importance as state investigates Wild Child immunizations
Mystery illness surging through Britain after Christmas parties as Covid cases skyrocket
Elon Musk promised an anti-‘woke’ chatbot. It’s not going as planned.
Bluestockings Is Facing Eviction for Handing Out Narcan
Fentanyl super labs in Canada pose new threat for U.S. opioid epidemic
Israel is losing the war against Hamas – but Netanyahu and his government will never admit it
When her family needed money, Nikki Haley found a lucrative path. The candidate’s public policy positions — hawkish and pro-business — created well-paid private opportunities when she abruptly resigned from government in 2018