Posted at 05:56PM on August 31, 2021 by David Pescovitz @ Boing Boing
Why is this Philadelphia beach covered with 30 million horseshoe crabs?
When spring comes to Philadelphia's Delaware Bay, the shore becomes covered with tens of millions of horseshoe crabs. It's spawning season. Learn more about this oceanic orgy in the Deep Look video above. The transcript reads like poetry:When a female finds a good spot, she ...
Posted at 12:08PM on February 19, 2020 by Gareth Branwyn @ Boing Boing
Kids in Philly are part of a crazy new fad: learning typewriting?
A typewriter shop in Philadelphia is holding classes for kids — and they're showing up!Manual typewriting has been enjoying something of a comeback in the past decade or so, but I wouldn't have expected kids to be into it. As one girl in the video explains, she likes how typ...
