Friday Smorgasbord: Strange balloons, ginormous worms and more

We have a huge smorgasbord selection for the last Friday in May, so without further ado… This freaky looking creature is a hot air balloon commissioned by the city of Canberra to celebrate its centennial anniversary as the capital of…

Friday Smorgasbord: Reef building volcanoes, space fish, water jumping robots and GoPro gets competition from JVC

We always knew volcanoes were a major player in the rebuilding of the ocean floor but a new bit of research shows that distant undersea volcanoes are helping build the Great Barrier Reef one hitchhiker-filled rock at a time. It…