The Ugly History of Beautiful Things: Pearls By Katy Kelleher Feature Born from irritation and intrusion, luminous and complex, surprisingly durable: pearls are rich with symbolism and saturated with pain.
What Is the Hot Commodity, Exactly? By Michelle Weber Highlight You say seaweed, I say fish, let’s call the whole harvest off. Welcome to the most interesting article on legal tensions around seaweed harvesting in Maine you’ll read all week, and maybe ever.
Death By Tchotchke By Michelle Weber Highlight Plastic is everywhere: bottles, toys, cars, and, increasingly, in oceans and rivers so clogged with plastic that you can walk on them.
Corals and Crabs Get Moonstruck, Too By Ben Huberman Highlight For many marine species, moonlight is both aphrodisiac and metronome. Yet scientists have only recently started to study it seriously.
Science vs. the Jellyfish! (Hint: the Jellyfish Are Winning) By Michelle Weber Highlight Jellyfish: we can’t predict where and when they’ll appear, we can’t anticipate where they’ll go, and they can shut down an aircraft carrier. Tamar Stelling looks at these amazingly resilient sacks of goo.
