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redfiona99Cartography:
A 2016 version of the 1914 Isochronic London/World travel times map - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3ztqqr/a_2016_version_of_the_1914_isochronic_londonworld/
History:
Gary Powers: The U-2 spy pilot the US did not love - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35064221
Shostakovich's symphony played by a starving orchestra - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34292312
How Did They Make Ice Cream in the 17th Century? - http://gizmodo.com/how-did-they-make-ice-cream-in-the-17th-century-1749823474 Parts of this give me GCSE chemistry flashbacks. Guess what part of my coursework was.
Miscellaneous:
Brotherly love: Colombian switched twins pull together - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35220779
How Germany's love of silence led to the first earplug - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35122755
Death in Texas: Analyzing the Last Words of 478 Death Row Prisoners - http://jonmillward.com/blog/psychological-subtleties/death-in-texas-analyzing-the-last-words-of-478-death-row-prisoners/
News:
THE YEAR IN PICTURES 2015 - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/27/sunday-review/2015-year-in-pictures.html?_r=1
Politics:
Racial Dot-Density Map of District 5 in Florida, one of the most gerrymandered Congressional Districts in America - https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/3z401v/racial_dotdensity_map_of_district_5_in_florida/
Where new dads are encouraged to take months off work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35225982 I'm just amused that the Swedish government have done the thing that I keep wanting the UK government to do.
Science:
Who saved Fabrice Muamba's life? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zc2fg82 Actually about the inventor of the defibrillator.
Monitor lizards trained not to eat toxic cane toads - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35235518
A Reprieve for Fungus-Battered Frogs - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/science/a-reprieve-for-fungus-battered-frogs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2
Sport:
F1's Tyre Rules (2016) Explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgERH1gWF1s (Video)
A 2016 version of the 1914 Isochronic London/World travel times map - https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3ztqqr/a_2016_version_of_the_1914_isochronic_londonworld/
History:
Gary Powers: The U-2 spy pilot the US did not love - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35064221
Shostakovich's symphony played by a starving orchestra - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34292312
How Did They Make Ice Cream in the 17th Century? - http://gizmodo.com/how-did-they-make-ice-cream-in-the-17th-century-1749823474 Parts of this give me GCSE chemistry flashbacks. Guess what part of my coursework was.
Miscellaneous:
Brotherly love: Colombian switched twins pull together - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35220779
How Germany's love of silence led to the first earplug - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35122755
Death in Texas: Analyzing the Last Words of 478 Death Row Prisoners - http://jonmillward.com/blog/psychological-subtleties/death-in-texas-analyzing-the-last-words-of-478-death-row-prisoners/
News:
THE YEAR IN PICTURES 2015 - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/27/sunday-review/2015-year-in-pictures.html?_r=1
Politics:
Racial Dot-Density Map of District 5 in Florida, one of the most gerrymandered Congressional Districts in America - https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/3z401v/racial_dotdensity_map_of_district_5_in_florida/
Where new dads are encouraged to take months off work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35225982 I'm just amused that the Swedish government have done the thing that I keep wanting the UK government to do.
Science:
Who saved Fabrice Muamba's life? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zc2fg82 Actually about the inventor of the defibrillator.
Monitor lizards trained not to eat toxic cane toads - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-35235518
A Reprieve for Fungus-Battered Frogs - http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/science/a-reprieve-for-fungus-battered-frogs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2
Sport:
F1's Tyre Rules (2016) Explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgERH1gWF1s (Video)
