Shrimp fountains don’t grow on trees, you know—nor do Ahi Tuna steaks, Fish McBites, or fried calamari. But that hasn’t stopped an increasingly affluent human population from annually demanding more and more seafood. As a result, an estimated 85 percent of the ocean’s fish stocks are now either fully exploited or overfished. But an ancient form of aquatic farming, and current $60 billion-a-year industry, may hold the key to both protecting wild fish populations and your local sushi shop. More »
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Apr 02
After its third nuclear test in February drew a harsh rebuke from the international community and further tightened economic sanctions against the Hermit Kingdom, North Korea has once again doubled down on its nuclear rhetoric. The country announced today that it will soon restart the Yongbyon reactor, Pyongyang’s primary plutonium processing plant. More »
Jan 23
This Is What Happens When You Fight a Five-Alarm Fire in Single-Digit Weather
Posted in: Today's Chili Firefighting is an extremely dangerous job on par with helicopter linemen and DC pizza delivery boys. But when fighting a Chicago-area warehouse inferno earlier today, crews had to endure both fire and ice caused by temperatures hovering just above 0 degrees F. Check out shots of the fire’s aftermath over at WSJ. More »