Antarctica’s Crocodile Icefish : The Frozen Marvel of Antarctica

Antarctica's Crocodile Icefish

Antarctica’s Crocodile Icefish Deep beneath the frigid waters of the Southern Ocean, a unique creature thrives in an environment most fish could never survive—the Crocodile Icefish (Channichthyidae). Found only in the Antarctic’s icy waters, these remarkable fish have evolved some of the most extraordinary adaptations in the animal kingdom, including antifreeze proteins and blood unlike any other vertebrate on Earth. […]

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Poem – Word Bubbles (By JD DeHart)

Text design featuring the words 'Soul Fountain Poetry' in a stylized font.

Word Bubbles Travel with me a moment into a place where our thoughts become action.  Yes, this sounds like the introduction to a 60s science fiction series.  Pardon me. There are some ideas I wish to keep secret.  They are my tangle of vines, grounding me in reality.  Reminding me that I don’t have to throat punch someone. All I […]

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Tremors from fracking

Prague, Okla Tremors from fracking: Scientists have linked Oklahoma’s largest earthquake—a 5.6 magnitude quake near the town of Prague, in 2011—to hydraulic fracturing, supporting claims that the process increases seismic activity. Fracking, as it is known, injects water and chemicals into petroleum deposits in order to extract trapped gas. This week, researchers at the University of Oklahoma, Columbia University, and […]

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Beijing, China – Social Credit System

Beijing, China – Social Credit System

By the year 2020 Beijing will be using a credit system to rate their 22 million residents by how they make purchases, their personal behaviors, if they have traffic violations, and how their financial history looks to rate their trustworthiness.   The system will then rank each resident by number.  The higher their number the better perks they will get like […]

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Antarctica team uncovers century-old artefacts from Douglas Mawson hut

An expedition team in Antarctica has successfully cleared away layers of thick ice from inside the hut of the famous Australian explorer Sir Douglas Mawson, revealing a century-old frozen bowl of peas, books on the shelves, candles, matches and “old-style woolen underwear”. The team used picks and chainsaws to remove the ice that had filled the main living quarters used […]

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