Links (Part 2)

[redfiona99]

Animals:

Why do wombats do cube-shaped poo? - http://theconversation.com/why-do-wombats-do-cube-shaped-poo-55975

Art:

Street art: Crime, grime or sublime? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38316852

History:

The curious history of the clothespeg - https://medium.economist.com/the-curious-history-of-the-clothespeg-3f8615519c61

Medicine:

Pioneering surgeons recall first triple transplant operation - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-38250640

Miscellaneous:

Have more famous people died in 2016? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38329740

Meat and potato pie 'sent into space' from Wigan - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38334437 Important background information is that the nickname for Wiganers is "the pie eaters".

99 Reasons 2016 Was a Good Year - https://medium.com/future-crunch/99-reasons-why-2016-has-been-a-great-year-for-humanity-8420debc2823

A hermit's Christmas: Simplicity, solitude and silence - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37431760

The medal detective - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-5c1940d8-5f8f-4fd4-ac12-e216184a9a72

Growing up young - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-710ceafb-a26b-4a6c-9698-94800bb739f9

Photography:

Raw nature in all its beauty - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38288359

Politics:

David Remnick: Why Trump’s win is ‘an American tragedy’ - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38344175

Donald Trump transition: What now for Ivanka? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38343514 From December.

How Clinton lost Michigan — and blew the election - http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/michigan-hillary-clinton-trump-232547

Sport:

Is it too late to salvage vacuous, dishonest press? - http://www.football365.com/news/is-it-too-late-to-salvage-vacuous-dishonest-press Actually about the football press, but large chunks of it are applicable to the general press.

Valegro - coined the Muhammad Ali of dressage - bows out after emotional London farewell -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/equestrian-dressage/valegro-coined-the-muhammad-ali-of-dressage-bows-out-after-emotional-london-farewell_sto5982881/story.shtml

Technology:

World’s first Maori emoji app launches with unique Polynesian expressions -
http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2016/12/22/worlds-first-maori-emoji-app-launches-unique-polynesian-expressions

Comments

[st_aurafina]

That wombat poo, omg.

[redfiona99]

They're deeply peculiar creatures. And they're my friend's mother's favourite animal so I get his reactions to peculiar wombat info on top ;)