Transient fairy circles – rings of grass that can morph into a bullseye shape – found in Chinese salt marshes can indicate that the ecosystem is resilient to climate change Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2266985-salt-marsh-fairy-circles-go-from-rings-to-bullseyes-to-adapt-to-stress/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Capture a glimpse of the Unicorn
Within a triangle of 3 bright stars – hidden in between the many bright and glittering stars visible at this time of year – you’ll find the constellation of Monoceros the Unicorn. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/find-monoceros-the-constellation-of-the-unicorn-within-winter-triangle…
Image of fairy penguins watching Melbourne lights wins photo prize
This poignant image shows two penguins huddling together as they stare from St Kilda Pier, Melbourne. It won Tobias Baumgaertner an award in Oceanographic magazine’s Ocean Photography Awards 2020 Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833132-300-image-of-fairy-penguins-watching-melbourne-lights-wins-photo-prize/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Source of mysterious ‘fairy circles’ found
The most detailed monitoring effort ever shows that fairy circles are engineered by the grasses themselves. Source: https://www.livescience.com/how-mysterious-fairy-cirles-form.html
New species of tiny ‘fairy shrimp’ found in the world’s hottest desert
Tiny shrimp have been found living in Iran’s Lut Desert, which has reached temperatures above 80°C. These shrimp have eggs that lay dormant for years when water is scarce Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2255508-new-species-of-tiny-fairy-shrimp-found-in-the-worlds-hottest-desert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cory Doctorow: ‘Self-Driving Cars are Bullshit’
“Self-driving cars are bullshit,” writes Cory Doctorow:
I’m a science fiction writer, so I quite enjoy thinking about self-driving cars. They make for really interesting analogies about data, liability, self-determination, information security and openness… But I’m a science fiction writer and that means I can tell the difference between “thought experiments” and “real things.” Alas, the same cannot be said of corporate…