Colossal squid captured on camera for the first time
This week, scientists announced that they had captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid in its natural habitat, recorded some 1,968 feet (600 m) deep near the South Sandwich Islands.
Mario Vargas Llosa: Giant of Latin American literature dies at 89
Peruvian writer, journalist, essayist, college professor Mario Vargas Llosa, Taormina, Italy, 27th July 1990.
When an earthquake struck, elephants formed an ‘alert circle’
When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California, humans followed the usual drill. But one herd of elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in Escondido, CA had their own plan — circle up and stand together.
Lewis, Hemingway, & Tolkien: Three Authors of the Great War
World War I was known as a writer’s war, with much war poetry and literature we know today having originated during the conflict.
The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century. A Weird-But-True Story Takes Flight In ‘The Feather Thief’
The North Line by Matt Riordan
In Matt Riordan’s debut novel, a college student in need of quick money finds work on an Alaskan fishing boat in the unforgiving Bering Sea.
“Welcome to the Jungle” on Shamisen
“Welcome to the Jungle” played by Sayo Komada on a Japanese Shamisen
The Good Virus by Tom Ireland
The Amazing Story and Forgotten Promise of the Phage. How a mysterious, super-powerful—yet long-neglected—microbe rules our world and can rescue our health in the age of antibiotic resistance.