Science

BP Oil Spill Aftermath: Eyeless Shrimp, Clawless Crabs

Al Jazeera just published an astonishing report on the after-effects of the BP oil disaster, and it’s not pretty. There are an alarming number of deformities in sea creatures: mutated shrimp, fish with sores and lesions, eyeless crabs and more. It’s unlike anything local fisherman have ever seen.


November 24, 2009
Gadgets

Lobster Taser: Now We’ve Tasered Everything

The lobster taser, which looks to me mostly like a lobster photocopier, is supposedly a more humane way of dispatching the delicious bottom-feeders than the normal “stab in the brain” or “boil alive” methods. Also, tasers.