Crowdsourcing SIGINT: Ham Radio at War
I often ask people: What’s the most important thing you need to have a successful fishing trip? I get a lot of different answers about bait, equipment, and boats. Some people tell me beer. But the be… [read more]
Crypto Weekly: from stablecoins to Syria
STORY: From SocGen’s stablecoin to why Binance is opening up to Syria.
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:: Societe Generale’s stablecoin
French bank Societe Generale is to become the first… [read more]
How AI Can Help Save Our Oceans
At this weeks U.N. Oceans Conference in the south of France, delegates need only glance outside the conference hall at the glittering Mediterranean for a stark reminder of the problem they are trying… [read more]
Justice Department says Trump can cancel national monuments that protect landscapes
BILLINGS, Mont. Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s administration say he has the authority to abolish national monuments meant to protect historical and archaeological sites across broad landscapes… [read more]
I’m gaming on a MacBook Air and you can’t stop me
MacBook Airs aren’t designed to be gaming machines. And yet, many of you reading this are likely carrying some model of the Air with you at all times as a dedicated work/movie streaming machine. I kn… [read more]
French Polynesia Just Created The World’s Largest Marine Protected Area
French Polynesia announced the creation of the worlds largest Marine Protected Area (MPA), at the U.N. Ocean Conference in France on Monday. The MPA will cover the entirety of the country’s exclusive… [read more]
What’s At Stake As Leaders Gather To Negotiate The Future of Our Oceans
Frances bucolic Côte DAzur, with its pine-forested hills and picturesque harbors, is rarely the site of fractious politics. But this week, hundreds of scientists and government officials from across … [read more]
Oceans cannot become ‘wild west’ warns UN chief
Esme StallardClimate and science correspondent
Reporting from
UN Oceans Conference, Nice, France
Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, the head of the United Nation… [read more]
UK proposes wider ban on destructive bottom trawling
A ban on a “destructive” type of fishing that drags large nets along the seafloor could be extended across English waters, the government has said.
The proposal would expand the the prohibition of b… [read more]
An ancient writing system confounding myths about Africa
This sacred mask is etched with symbols of Sona, a sophisticated and now rarely used writing system
A wooden hunters’ toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making wav… [read more]