An interesting pick... The post “Untouchable”: Gruff Rhys on the most overlooked collaborative album of all time first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

Corporate media in the UK and Australia are beginning to report on the adverse effects of covid injections, with some papers sounding the alarm on the dangers of biotechnology research. However, corporate […]

from The National Pulse: Several senators set to grill Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his potential appointment to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have received substantial donations from Big Pharma. The Senate Finance Committee will first assess Kennedy’s nomination. Between 2019 and 2024, contributions from the pharmaceutical industry to senators on this committee amounted to over $6.7 […]

On a gray morning this past March, a half-dozen scientists scanned the sea while bobbing offshore of Chile’s Atacama Desert. When an enormous whale surfaced, their small boat zoomed over to meet it. Marine biologist Susannah Buchan strapped on a waist harness, leaned out over the bow and waited. As the fin whale porpoised again, she placed a forearm-sized neon orange tracker near its dorsal fin. The team would retrieve the tracker the next morning after its suction cups released to download the whale’s movements and listen to its vocalizations.  Fin whales are the world’s second-largest whale species. You might not have heard much about them since “they aren’t the biggest, the jumpiest or the most vocal of whales,” Buchan says. Instead, their claim to fame is more depressing: Fins are the whales most frequently killed by large ships.  Tagging fin whales with Susannah Buchan (left). Credit: Brianna Randall Buchan has been tagging fin and blue whales — both of which are listed as endangered species — for the past five years in Chile, in hopes of collecting data that will help ships avoid hitting them. What she’s learning from listening to their underwater sounds might save the lives of some of the largest animals to ever live on our planet. Thousands of whales are killed or injured each year from collisions with ships. With a four-fold increase in commercial maritime traffic since 1992, more whales are becoming roadkill in ocean shipping lanes. Roughly 90 percent of the world’s goods are transported over the ocean, mainly by giant cargo vessels. Even more terrifying for cetaceans, a study in Nature predicts that by 2050, the world’s oceans will have up to 12 times as many ships as they do today.  We know ship strikes are one of the main causes of death for marine giants, but no one knows exactly how many whales are struck. This is partly because only about 10 percent of collisions are observed or reported, according to NOAA, and partly because most whale carcasses sink when they die. Only an estimated 1 to 17 percent of the carcasses of endangered whales are ever found. The post To Save Whales From Ship Strikes, Listen Closely appeared first on Reasons to be Cheerful.

November 22, 2024

Mikael Åkerfeldt insists his band’s new concept album, featuring Jethro Tull and Europe men, is no return to their death metal past – and won’t keep prog fans away

A roundup of mysterious, paranormal and strange news stories from the past week. 

From the London subway comes the story of a Good Samaritan who saw a blind man lose a shoe and offered his own to make sure the man could keep his balance. It was recounted to British media by a passenger on the train that day named Sami, who had originally shared it on Reddit. […] The post Hunt for Subway Hero Who Gave Blind Man His Shoes After Theirs Fell into the Gap appeared first on Good News Network.

Scammers are always finding new ways to deceive unsuspecting victims, often exploiting emerging technology and societal vulnerabilities. While some scams may seem obvious in hindsight, others are sophisticated, preying on human emotions like fear, trust, and greed. Millions of people fall victim to these scams every year, often losing substantial amounts of money or compromising […] The post 10 Alarming Scams People Are Falling for Today appeared first on Listverse.