colonialism Inside the effort to save an indigenous Pacific Island language that the US tried to destroy Thom Dunn

new zealand Maori wedding haka moves bride to tears in New Zealand Xeni Jardin

war Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA Xeni Jardin

Islands Enjoy this weird newsletter/blog about all the exotic Pacific islands you will never visit. Mark Frauenfelder

nukes Experience a classic nuclear weapons test up-close in VR Rob Beschizza

health Indiana’s oldest state employee retiring at 102 Xeni Jardin

climate change There's 22 million gallons of nuclear waste under a concrete dome on a Pacific Island, and it's sinking Thom Dunn

aviation The explorer who found the Titanic is off to find Amelia Earhart's plane David Pescovitz

News #HurricaneLane bears down on Hawaii Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Vanuatu will use drones to deliver vaccines across its remote chain of tiny islands Cory Doctorow

trump Pentagon sucks up to Trump by censoring mentions of climate change in its global risks assessment Cory Doctorow

Business French Polynesia says it didn't renew its deal with the Seasteaders, a group of libertarian separatists Cory Doctorow

music Magnificent book about pioneering musicologist/photographer/designer Charles Duvelle David Pescovitz

Kids Flashlight fish have glowing lanterns below their eyes Andrea James

law Tiny, poor, diabetes-wracked Pacific island nations want to ban junk food, despite risk of WTO retaliation Cory Doctorow

Disney Disney thought it would be a great idea to sell a brown, tattooed, full-body Polynesian skin suit Rob Beschizza

Science NASA Begins Study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef Xeni Jardin

maps Most world maps wipe out much of Oceania Rob Beschizza

Family finds strange, black "walking" fish David Pescovitz

books Kim Stanley Robinson's "Aurora": space is bigger than you think Cory Doctorow