The Australian great was surfing with his son Josh near Stradbroke Island for over an hour when a wave caught him unaware, dumping him into a sandbank.
We're as yet far from understanding the most profound questions concerning life and the Universe, and from creating artificial life inside a quantum PC – but this shows it may be conceivable.
This year's Arctic minimum was reached late last month, between 19 and 23 September. The ice dropped to a minimum of 4.59 million square km over the north pole.