University of Southern California

2024-10-09 @ 11.42.23 ∈ In English

The Disappearance of an Internet Domain

On October 3, the British government announced that it was giving up sovereignty over a small tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean known as the Chagos Islands. […] The decision to transfer the islands to their new owner will result in the loss of one of the tech and gaming industry’s preferred top-level domains: .io.

2024-07-25 @ 10.30.17 ∈ In English

(Slightly surprising to me that this wasn’t known, or assumed already. Here’s discussion about the paper on the iNaturalist forum.)

When it comes to butterflies, people prefer pretty ones: That’s a problem for scientists.

[Users] underreported many species, particularly those that were difficult to identify and those with light-colored markings on their wings. Behavioral traits, such as butterflies' flight style and height, and traits that make butterflies difficult to photograph, may have affected reporting patterns, the researchers surmise.