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Smolt, in collaboration with the University of the Ryukyus, has begun experimental aquaculture using a closed recirculating system to farm cherry salmon (sakuramasu) with enhanced heat tolerance. A closed recirculating system is a land-based aquaculture method in which water is continuously purified and reused within tanks. Smolt has selectively bred cherry salmon over six generations—originally a species that can only reproduce in waters below 18°C—so that they can now grow

Amanda Nguyen, founder of an advertising agency, was traveling in Mexico with friends when they felt like playing volleyball. There was just one problem: they didn’t have a net. So the group improvised, using a bridge on the property as a substitute divider. “Instead of hitting the ball over a net, we hit it toward the bridge and let it bounce back,” Nguyen recalls. “It was incredibly fun.” At the time, Nguyen didn’t realize it, but this experience would eventually lead to th