This Solar Province

The sidewalks have turned on the crowds,
killing against all adulation
as massive plumes erupt from their plastic surface,

following the ritualised forms of traditional dresses.
The new defense ministry is giving free samples
(dropped from aircraft) of an elaborate molecule

in rainbow hues like artificial azaleas.
In a city under a hot-water ocean,
a laboratory of the unnecessary.

-- Glenn R. Frantz

North Koreans set to celebrate leader amid tensions
Enceladus' Subsurface Energy Source and the Search for Life
U.S. Drops 'Mother of All Bombs' on ISIS Target in Afghanistan

Media Vortices Adapt

media landscape profoundly changed taking full control
deals approved by regulators since the collapse
widening reach top global hub content innovation

colourful dazzling swirls spectacular views of atmosphere
positioned directly opposite to sun immense
and powerful storms hundreds of smaller vortices

octopi use RNA to quickly adapt to temperature changes
did not quite believe occurrence when they first saw it
approaches vertebrates in complexity somehow connected

-- Clark Allison

Fox takeover of Sky gets European approval
Jupiter shows off its famous Great Red Spot
Octopi and squids rewrite their RNA