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| Rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) on a grain of rice - Zhang You 1st Place 2025 Photomicrography Competition |
Drowning Cities in 3D : The Sea Level Rise 3D Map is a very effective visualization of the possible effects of rising sea levels.
Duck Soup has posted a lovely article about the Faroe Islands (with some links to related sites) that has me yearning to go there.
More than 170 US citizens have been detained and held by immigration agents this year. Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. via Kottke
Ninety percent of professional chefs in Japan buy their knives in the City Known for Making Knives That Are a Cut Above
Mushizuka at Kan'ei-ji Temple has a memorial to the souls of dead insects.
The cooler, elder sibling of the selfie turns 100: Celebrating the centenary of the photobooth
Timeout magazine has named their 39 Coolest Neighbourhoods in the World in 2025. We visited Glasgow’s West End after it appeared on the list a few years ago and it has become one of our favourite spots (we visited twice this year).
You meet somebody new, learn something about the world- and save on gas doing it. What hitchhiking 956 miles taught me
How to Create a Birdsong Map: Xeno-Canto is a community-driven online database of wildlife sound recordings from around the world.
Legend says the fate of Britain depends on the seven Tower of London ravens. The Disappearance of Merlina the Raven From the Tower of London (a podcast)
Proving I’m Not a Robot has become so difficult that I sometimes wonder if I really am a robot.
Any Ramones fans reading this? Acid Eaters was their only album containing nothing but covers. Via Tacky Raccoons
Holes In The Web: Huge swathes of human knowledge are missing from the internet. Maybe the intelligence we most need is the capacity to see beyond the hierarchies that determine which knowledge counts.
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