In the vast, bleak, windswept surface of our planet’s polar seas, buried within drifting slabs of sea ice, life is unexpectedly plentiful. Bacteria, fungi, algae, and viruses thrive in -30 degree ice, underpinning life and climate cycles: nautil.us/the-secret-lif… in Nautilus Magazine

Scientists are studying "the metabolism of sea ice," which seems a strange pursuit in a barren, almost otherworldly abiotic landscape. But the polar ice holds consequential secrets of—and for—life, writes Katherine Harmon Courage. Click for this and more from Nautilus. bit.ly/3J8Q7Nq

Wintertime with two very young children: You have a distinct designated pocket in your jeans for tissues you're using for each person (including yourself)

No one on Twitter at this moment is reading the links they’re commenting on, which makes this indistinguishable from every other day on this site.

Editors might have something to do with it, methinks. But I’m biased! 😅

Perhaps my favorite Nautilus Magazine story since I joined the team is out today: nautil.us/what-plants-ar…. Anesthetized venus fly traps, planning prayer plants. The world is stranger than I thought, and I never want to forget that. (Story by Amanda Gefter, edited by Kevin Berger)

What could possibly go wrong?

It's only Monday, but I challenge you to find a bolder statement from this week: "I am convinced that attending to snail biogeography and evolution is particularly important at our present juncture." -@tvdooren nautil.us/how-snails-cro…

Nautilus Magazine Katherine Harmon Courage "Catastrophic forgetting " the best or worst type of forgetting?

I am now obsessed with this time I hadn't known about: "when the giant planets went dynamically unstable." Also with the adorable little rocks known as "planetesimals" (which could also absolutely destroy us)

Very sad to have finally finished reading Annals of the Former World last night. Just so good. Recommendations for a next book to read?

Hellloooooo 🦑🐙 It's that time of year again! Are you a #cephalopod expert living in/near the LA, Houston, Miami or Atlanta area? Interested in spreading your tentacles into the outreach world at events? I'm booking for Science Friday #CephalopodWeek! DM or email me + spread the word

Of all kids 0-14 years-old worldwide who are injured by guns, 87% live in the US. In fact, gun injury is the leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the US. This is a public health tragedy, why are we not outraged and doing something meaningful about it?

Does GPT-4 Really Understand What We’re Saying? nautil.us/does-gpt-4-rea…

NPR is not state affiliated media. It is public media. The NYT is not propaganda. It is the most robust news organization in the English speaking world. The bias as to who is being targeted on this site by its leadership is so very clear. And it’s not a small thing.

Spring is here, the crocuses are emerging from the snow, and The Webby Awards have nominated for best writing Summer Praetorius's incredible story of how the earth is losing its memory. So as the chickadees hop from branch to branch sweetly reminding, do vote vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/…

A sinkhole is expanding again in one Texas town: npr.org/2023/04/11/116…

As sea level rises faster in the U.S. Southeast, I wondered: How *can* sea levels rise more in some places than others? Sönke Dangendorf explained his new Nature Communications findings for me: nautil.us/why-is-sea-lev… Takeaway: The oceans don't behave like a bathtub! In Nautilus Magazine