Boing Boing reader Kevin Fox and his wife Rachel went on an excursion to Antarctica last month and took some amazing photos. "We're telling the story at antarctic.fury.com in a serial form and we're about 1/4th of the way through," Kevin tells us. Their flickr set is here. I love the photos of cracking, breaking, melting ice. I'm also fond of the seal portraits.
In ten years, scientists hope to have mapped the entire ocean floor in high resolution. This week, the Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project announced that they've completed 20 percent of… READ THE REST
Twenty-five experts have issued a warning about the potentially cataclysmic consequences of the rapidly shrinking insect population, reports The Guardian. In a two-part article for Biological Conservation, the scientists wrote:… READ THE REST
Scientists say 20.75º C logged at Seymour Island is ‘incredible and abnormal’ READ THE REST
Dessert cheesecake wafer bear claw fruitcake. Fruitcake chupa chups donut candy canes marzipan. Apple pie sweet roll tart chocolate cake macaroon marshmallow carrot cake gummi bears sweet. Pastry sugar plum… READ THE REST
We all know vital information about ourselves and our private digital accounts can be compromised by cybercriminals. However, many would be frightened to know just how compromised they and their… READ THE REST
While mosquitoes have certainly earned their title as the deadliest animal on earth, their impact on most of our lives is usually a lot less consequential. But even though they… READ THE REST
