Are we prepared to reckon with how much of the world came to a stop when Facebook went down yesterday? Plus, thanks to a new discovery, you may soon be able to find out if you had an identical twin in the womb using just a simple cheek swab. And it’s Nobel Prize week! The winners announced thus far produced groundbreaking work using everything from spin glass to chili peppers.Sponsor: Novo, BankNovo.com/kottkeLinks:​​Why Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp All Went Down Today (Wired)Millions of people rely on Facebook to get online. The outage left them stranded. (MIT Tech Review) Facebook’s Apps Went Down. The World Saw How Much It Runs on Them. (NY Times)Why Facebook and Instagram went down for hours on Monday (NPR)All identical twins may share a common set of chemical markers on their DNA (Science News)DNA markers reveal if you shared a womb with twin that didn't survive (New Scientist)Identical twins carry genetic modifications no one else has (Science)Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who discovered biology of senses (Nature)Scientists Studied Spicy Chili Peppers and Cool Menthol for Their Nobel Prize–Winning Research on Heat and Touch (Smithsonian Mag)Nobel Prize in Physics Honors Work on Climate Change (NY Times)Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann win half of Nobel prize for modeling Earth's climate, Giorgio Parisi wins other half for describing fluctuating physical systems (Washington Post)Netflix establishes scholarship in Chadwick Boseman's name (A/V Club)Denzel Washington Paid for Chadwick Boseman to Study at Oxford (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, YouTube)Kottke.OrgJackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.