Sex Swedish town official proposes shag breaks for workers Rob Beschizza

documentaries Short documentary about Kharkovchanka, huge Antarctic off-road vehicles made by the Soviets Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Topic is an international favorites streaming service that’s on sale for just $2.50 a month Boing Boing's Shop

dinosaurs Largest known soft-shell reptile egg discovered in Antarctica Thom Dunn

animals King Penguin poop is rich in laughing gas David Pescovitz

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climate Greenland and Antarctica melting 6x faster than in 1990s: NASA Xeni Jardin

russia Russia's airborne dicketry comes close to America's shores Seamus Bellamy

coronavirus CDC coronavirus "daily update" site takes the weekend off Rob Beschizza

Environment Antarctica reaches 20º C (68º F), highest recorded temp ever on icy continent Xeni Jardin

Science What does a big chunk of ice sound like being dropped down a 450 foot hole in Antarctica? You can't image how cool! Gareth Branwyn

Environment Antarctica: Hottest temperature ever recorded, 65º F / 18.3º C Xeni Jardin

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

canada Internal docs reveal that Canada's Exxon subsidiary knew about climate change risks and lied about it for decades Cory Doctorow

biology Interactive online tour of Antarctica's microworld from science hacker Ariel Waldman David Pescovitz

climate change This penguin escaping from a cracking glacier is an edge-of-your-seat thriller Thom Dunn

russia This 3-bedroom apartment in Russia is for sale for $940, the price of an iPhone Mark Frauenfelder

Antarctica Our friend Ariel Waldman spent 5 weeks in Antarctica looking for extremophiles, and made a video series about it Mark Frauenfelder

infinite monkeys StoryAI, a bot that autocompletes a story for you Clive Thompson

Bird's eye views Aerial photos of sea-salt flats Clive Thompson