March of the penguins becomes a desperate crawl for survival

This makes me just so sad.Penguin numbers are dwindling fast meaning that the world's oceans are in trouble and a species that scientists thought would be relatively safe from the human impacts of global warming...

Spot the Spots: Biometric Penguin ID

All those penguins look pretty much the same. This problem has been baffling scientists who strive to track penguin migration and behavior without outwardly-visible tags. Their solution: computer-enhanced image...

Penguin robot can interact with humans

"A robotic pet penguin which can interact with humans has been unveiled by South Korean researchers. Pomi (Penguin Robot for Multimodal Interaction) can see, hear, touch and emit smells as well as making faces,...

Frisky seal tries to rape a penguin

 One Antarctic fur seal however, had sex on its mind when it set its sights on a king penguin.The incident, which was caught on tape, is the first reported case of a mammal trying to have sex with a member of...

'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin

There would seem to be sexual predators in the animal kingdom too"An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin.The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is the most unusual case of mammal mating behaviour yet...

Giant Twitter Typewriter in Second Life

From the virtual inventions desk, comes this cute mashup of Second Life and Twitter — a giant typewriter has been created in the virtual world of SL that allows users to type 140 characters of fun onto...

Amy Winehouse to Pen Tell-All Book

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMost Likely with a Rambling Foreward by "Rolling Stone" Keith Richards, one can look forward to a riveting read, which I surmise Amy's Entire Matrimonial Life Story...

World Penguin Day

Today is World Penguin Day... you'll be forgiven for not having it marked on your calendar. According to PenguinGeek, April 25th(or thenabouts) is when the pinipeds begin their annual migration, though without...

Penguin Using Google Maps as it Moves from "Book Publishing" to "Storytelling"

Noteworthy. I'm looking up some links from the 1990s with hypertext novels and such and will write more about this. This is interesting because Penquin has been experimental in the past. Shane Richmond says the story itself is a bit weak, but it is an intriguing idea to...

Lying and Consequences: Author Admits Memoir is Made Up

Aww, but it makes such a good story...Seriously, it's hard to feel bad for folks like Margaret B. You're not doing yourself any favours by telling other people's stories as though they were your own. No matter how good the stories."In “Love and Consequences,” a critically...

Penguins feel the heat of climate change

"ANTARCTICA'S penguin population has slumped because of global warming as melting ice has destroyed nesting sites and reduced their sources of food. The Antarctic peninsula was warming five times faster than the...

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Disney Acquires Web Site for Children

"Racing to solidify its dominant position in children’s entertainment on the Internet, the Walt Disney Company said Wednesday that it had acquired a subscription Web site aimed at preteenagers, Club Penguin, in a deal that could total $700 million."

BC website sells for $350 million to Disney

When my friend Graham Hill sold his TreeHugger.com for $10 million, I thought he had done pretty well. I mean - ten million smackeroos! By any standards that's a fortune on this planet.  But today another...

Glaciers Melting Everywhere But Not A Drop To Drink

I am reminded of J. T. Coleridge's timeless poem, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" - as our glaciers continue to melt and icebergs shear off into the sea, their source of fresh water will to be lost to us.During...
 

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