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Only a few decades ago, yellow perch were so plentiful in Lake Michigan, that fishermen could catch all they wanted with just a pole and some worms, but with increased industrial pollution, and invasive species like the zebra mussel, which consume food items for the baby perch, this traditional fishery became a thing of the past. Now, however, entrepreneur, Joe Fraundorf, has converted an old crane factory into an aquaculture facility which is raising 80,000 yellow perch and tilapia in ten-foot deep intensive culture tanks. In addition to these tasty fish, which can command a market price of up to $16 a pound, the factory also contains hydroponic vegetable beds which use fish wastes as fertilizer to produce vegetables and plants, which also help to keep the water clean. To read this fascinating article CLICK.

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The journey from London to Beijing by rail could take just under two days, under a Chinese plan to build an international rail network for trains that can travel almost as fast as aircraft. Three different rail networks are being planned, which would extend the Britain-to-China link to Singapore. The system would be built within a decade. Passengers on a second route would travel on a network to the north of China through Russia, and on to Germany, where the railway would connect up with the European Railway System. A third network would extend south through Vietnam, Thailand, Burma, and Malaysia. The trains will be designed to travel at a speed of 320 kph. To read the full article, CLICK HERE.

In a surprising discovery, scientists for the first time found shrimp-like creatures and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet. Six hundred feet below the ice where no light shines, scientists expected nothing much more than a few microbes could exist. That’s why a NASA team was surprised when they lowered a video camera to get the first long look at the underbelly of an ice sheet in Antarctica. A curious shrimp-like creature came swimming by and then parked itself on the camera’s cable. Scientists also pulled up a tentacle they believe came from a foot-long jellyfish. Read the rest of this entry »