Forever Playgrounds

Elise adjusted her mask—a pale, porcelain replica of her face, human yet disturbingly artificial. In her world, masks were the norm, carved to resemble faces but never convincingly enough to forget they weren’t real. The unspoken rule was clear: never remove your mask in public. The quietness of the streets was surreal, with only the […]

“No Tree”

Right around the month of Christmas, a small family of four sets up their Christmas Tree; hanging ornaments, placing gifts, and setting up decorations. However, despite all the holiday cheer, a small problem made its way to explore the new decorations. A sleek ginger tabby cat called Honeydrop walked over to the towering green tree, with […]

New Home for Deep-Sea Mineral Spire

A deep-sea mineral spire, known as Bikpela, (Big Bug in Tok Pisin, a creole language spoken throughout PNG) and first discovered in 2000 by both Australian and Papua New Guinea researchers, is going on display for the first time. Taking pride of place at the Australian National Maritime Museum’s exhibition Ultimate Depth: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea, the spire has given valuable information about the undersea world.