The secret sauce for Taiwan’s chip superstardom
When 23-year-old Shih Chin-tay boarded a plane for the United States in the summer of 1969, he was flying to a different world.
He grew up in a fishing village surrounded by sugarcane fields. He ha… [read more]
Coral islands in Australia at risk of disappearing
More than a dozen of the coral islands that mark Australia’s maritime boundaries are at risk of disappearing, a study has found.
Multiple stresses including rising sea levels threaten their existenc… [read more]
Japan beach mysteriously covered in countless dead sardines (video)
Earlier this month, more than 1,300 tons of dead sardines and mackerel were spotted floating just near the fishing port of Hakodate. Nobody knows what killed them and now they’re washing ashore, abso… [read more]
Family thought sonar detected an octopus. It was a shipwreck missing for 152 years
A father and his daughter who were fishing on Lake Michigan earlier this year were surprised when their sonar discovered what they thought was an octopus lurking beneath their vessel.
What they actu… [read more]
Impeachment inquiry threatens Biden with election-year headache
By voting to formally authorise the congressional investigation into Joe Biden, Republicans in the House of Representatives have started the ball rolling towards his impeachment.
It may be difficult… [read more]
The houses built to survive floods
By Gab MejiaFeatures correspondent
Marites Babanto, an indigenous Manobo leader of Lake Panlabuhan, paddles her baroto a traditional wooden canoe through her floating community (Credit: Gab Mejia)
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A Minnesota police department in a remote town is using $3800 canoes as a hiring incentive
A wooden canoe in a lake.Willard/Getty Images.
A police department in a remote Minnesota town is facing a staff shortage.To stand out to potential hires, they are offering $3,800 Ke… [+3484 chars]read more
Your loved ones need access to your phone once you’ve passed away
There is one thing that’s going to happen to us all, no matter how much we wish to avoid it; we’re all going to die eventually. Everyone has their own set of thoughts and fears about death, but no ma… [read more]
Fortnite’s new map is too bougie for me
Gone are the days of scrounging up loot at dilapidated taco joints and rusty playgrounds in Fortnite. Epic Games released a massive new update to the battle royale game this week as part of Chapter 5… [read more]
Penguins arguing a sleepy polar bear and a happy turtle are in the running for wildlife photo of the year and you can vote on them
The photographer described this shot as “a moment of peaceful coexistence.”Tzahi Finkelstein / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
You can vote for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People… [+7946 chread more