security A common satellite comms package for ships and oil rigs has a backdoor that won't be patched Cory Doctorow

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

picks Russian warship 'aggressively approached' US Navy destroyer in Arabian Sea Xeni Jardin

crime Global shipping companies comply with anti-air-pollution rules by dumping pollution into the sea, instead Cory Doctorow

jeffrey epstein Why did Jeffrey Epstein build a 'temple' on his island, and ship himself a 53-pound paper shredder, plus a tile and carpet extractor? Xeni Jardin

futility closet In 1914, 132 Newfoundland sealers were trapped on the ice during a blizzard Futility Closet

futility closet New York's deadliest disaster before 9/11 was a 1904 steamboat fire that killed over a thousand people Futility Closet

mistakes Frightening footage from inside Viking cruise ship tossed by rough seas Rob Beschizza

History Corroborating evidence that Herodotus wrote accurately about a boat Jason Weisberger

animal rescues Dog rescue: A helicopter 1,000 feet above snow happens to spot a stranded pup and gives him a lift Carla Sinclair

futility closet In 1799 a shark gave evidence for the Royal Navy Futility Closet

News 9.5 tons of cocaine and 11 Russian sailors seized by cops in Cape Verde Xeni Jardin

weapons NY's 1974 ban on nunchaku just deemed unconstitutional David Pescovitz

Space Report: Canada's military unprepared to stop attacks on their assets in space Seamus Bellamy

art Breathtaking photos of sea monsters emerging from the waves David Pescovitz

robots A robot found the "holy grail of shipwrecks" containing billions of dollars in cargo David Pescovitz

futility closet In 1921 the schooner Carroll A. Deering was discovered aground off North Carolina. The crew had vanished. Futility Closet

Engineering Massive cruise ship sliced in half to embiggen it David Pescovitz

australia World's oldest message in a bottle (probably) discovered Rusty Blazenhoff

australia There is now a Ferry McFerryface ferry, and the crew is pissed Rusty Blazenhoff