Darwin
Cry-Baby of the Week: A Chef Threatened to Kill a Coworker Over the Best Way to Make Pizza
Also this week: A woman called the police because her neighbor called her a name.
We Asked An Evolutionary Biologist What the Hell Minions Actually Are
"We don't have any evidence to suggest that these aren't just really big bags of jelly as opposed to very complicated skeletal structures with muscles."
See Your Reflection in Robotic Penguins at a Darwin-Inspired Exhibition
Stuffed animals and theories about genetic drift go hand-in-hand at Daniel Rozin's new 'Descent with Modification' show at bitforms gallery.
The Homeless Scientist Who Tried to Prove Selflessness Doesn't Exist
After he wrote his famous equation, George Price cut his own throat with nail clippers.
What I Learned Growing up Rollerblading in the 2000s
"I love being on skates. I think everyone has an activity where they feel tranquil and at peace or whatever."
Earth's Genetic History Gets Pressed onto a Colorful Coin
The Cook Islands' new coin features a nanochip with pictures and text that summarizes the story of life on Earth.
Australia Is Closing Immigration Detention Centres But it's Not All Good News
It's good because it means there are fewer detainees, but bad because the remaining detainees might go to Nauru.
An Australian Protester on a Plane Stopped an Asylum Seeker from Being Potentially Deported
A solitary activist aboard a Qantas flight yesterday successfully prevented the transfer and possible deportation of a Tamil man who was dreading being returned to Sri Lanka.
Darwin Bottle Shops Can Do Better Than a 'No Car, No Cask' Policy
In an effort to "assist the community in minimising alcohol related harm", which implicitly means harm to Aboriginal communities, three BWS drive-throughs in Darwin will no longer sell casks to those without a car. Too bad it's been tried before.
'There's No Chance of Me Going Back': An Iranian Asylum Seeker Is Starving Himself to Death in Australia's Legal Limbo
The lawyer of an Iranian man, given the choice between returning to Iran and indefinite detention, told VICE News that his client is instead prepared to starve himself to death.
A Guy Found a Severed Finger That Turned Out to be Coral
We spoke to a marine biologist to understand how some coral provoked a police investigation.