short story

The Mystery of Eilean Mòr: When Three Men Vanished From a Locked Lighthouse
A brand new, modern lighthouse stood on this place to guide ships around dangerous reefs. Three experienced and mentally strong keepers cared about its operation: Thomas Marshall, James Ducat, and Donald MacArthur . They were tough men used to loneliness, sea storms, and hard work. Yet, one day they all vanished from the face of the Earth, as if they never existed.
By Lenka Čihařováabout 22 hours ago in Earth
We Lost 11.3 Trillion Tonnes of Ice in 44 Years. Greenland Is Why It’s Worse Than It Sounds.
What 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice means From 1979 to 2023, the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets together lost about 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice. The study was completed by the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE) team. It draws on 27 satellite missions and 42 independent estimates. It was published in Scientific Data , a Nature sub-journal.
By Jin7 days ago in Earth
The Earth Is Not a Sponge: Why the Oceans Don't Drain Into the Planet
Rain falls into soil and disappears. A river seeps into its bed and disappears. The sea strikes the shore, slips into cracks, and disappears. If this kept up forever, the planet's water should dwindle. The oceans are still here. The waves are still here. The monsoon is still here. The water has not vanished.
By Jin8 days ago in Earth
They Can Dive 70 Meters Without Gear. The Law Says They Don’t Exist.
At five in the morning, the sky was not yet fully light. Amir pushed the lepa boat out from the shore. The wooden hull scraped across the sand of the shallows with a dry, rasping sound. He stood barefoot on the boat’s planks, his toes gripping the grain of the wood as if gripping a familiar stone. There was no diving equipment on board. No fins, no tank, no wetsuit. Only a pair of wooden goggles, the lenses old plastic, the edges wrapped in tape, and a spear gun, its shaft forged by a blacksmith, its head bound with rubber bands.
By Jin8 days ago in Earth
Why Humans Wear Clothes When Every Other Animal Goes Naked
Shave a polar bear and put it in the Arctic. It will die. Put a human in the Arctic with a down jacket, a snow house, fire, and an oil lamp. They can live.
By Jin10 days ago in Earth
Earth Already Has Immortal Creatures. Evolution Still Chose Death.
“Immortality” splits into two meanings. Biology has one. Physics has the other. Biological immortality means no built-in expiry date. If nothing eats it, crushes it, infects it, or drops a catastrophe on it, it will not die of old age. Physical immortality means nothing can kill it at all. No knife. No fire. No radiation. No black hole.
By Jin10 days ago in Earth
The "Wife-Stealing" Festival Is Not What You Think
The Gerewol Festival: A Photograph, a Headline, and the Women Who Choose In July 2015, a photographer in In-Gall, Niger, took a picture of dozens of Wodaabe men standing in a line. Their faces were covered in red ochre, their eyes outlined in black, their lips painted with a pigment made from burnt egret bone. White ostrich feathers rose from their hair. A British tabloid ran the photo under the headline "The Wife-Stealing Festival." Three days later, Chinese websites picked it up. The comments were about the makeup. Nobody asked why the men were wearing it.
By Jin19 days ago in Earth
Man-made?
Man-Made? — It Doesn’t Exist The concept of anything on this planet being “man-made” is an illusion created by society. Human beings may manipulate the Earth’s resources or assemble them in different ways, but everything still originally comes from the Earth.
By ChezaLuna22 days ago in Earth
The Truth About Environmental Damage: It Begins With Us. AI-Generated.
A reflective piece exploring how our everyday habits — from shopping and toys to driving and waste — quietly damage the environment. Instead of blaming governments alone, this story highlights the small choices we all make that contribute to pollution, traffic, and rising health issues. A gentle reminder that real change begins with us.
By Uzmaabout a month ago in Earth
The Full Moon
Some say yes, while others say no. Some say, well, it does affect some peoples sleep and mood because of that. While others say, just ask the police department, the emergency rooms, and the mental health crisis shelters. Take a look at stories that are going around with friends and family.
By Denise E Lindquistabout a month ago in Earth
When Cleaning Up a River Does More Harm Than Good
When Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina in September 2024, rivers became something almost unrecognizable.
By Briar Rose2 months ago in Earth
Will AI Take Over the World? Maybe Not. But It's Already Changing It.
We've all seen the movies. A superintelligent computer becomes self-aware. Robots overthrow humanity. Artificial intelligence spirals beyond our control while cities crumble beneath steel and smoke.
By Briar Rose2 months ago in Earth