A 21-year-old woman was walking in New Zealand waters only knee deep when she was seriously attacked by a shark.
The woman was wading through a shallow estuary in the touristy town of Riverton arou… [read more]
Shark attacks woman in knee-deep water — highly unusual but predicted
Iceland volcano: Spectacular footage of eruption
A volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula of south-west Iceland after weeks of intense earthquake activity.
Footage from above showed lava bursting from the volcano just an hour after an eart… [read more]
Iceland volcano erupts weeks after earthquakes shake southwest coast
A volcano has erupted in Iceland, the country’s meteorological office said late Monday local time — weeks after earthquakes rumbled the southwestern coast.
“An eruption has started north of Grindav… [read more]
What Will Gaza Look Like One Year From Now?
This article was originally featured in Foreign Policy, the magazine of global politics and ideas. For news, expert analysis, and background on the conflict, read FPs latest coverage of the Israel-Ha… [read more]
A father and daughter went fishing. What they found was a 152-year-old shipwreck
Imaging from the presumed shipwreck of the George L. Newman
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
While Tim Wollak and his 5-year-old daughter Henley were fishing near Green Island in Green… [read more]
Tabletop RPGs we played in 2023
If you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.After more than a decade of going on and on about the board gaming renaissance, its safe to say tha… [read more]
A fisherman found a 152-year-old shipwreck with his kid thought it was nothing special and kept fishing
Tim Wollak and his 5-year-old daughter Henley.Tim Wollak
When a Wisconsin fisherman stumbled upon a 152-year-old shipwreck, he didn’t think much of it.Tim Wollak was out fishing wit… [+3663 chars]read more
Arduino Auto-Glockenspiel Looks Proper in Copper
What is it about solenoids that makes people want to make music with them? Whatever it is, we hope that solenoids never stop inspiring people to make instruments like [read more]’s copper pipe auto-glo… [+1054 chars]
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]