Links

Archaeology:

New Dead Sea Scrolls cave discovered - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38916687

The archaeological legacy of the Crossrail excavations - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38919314

Economics:

What really happened when Swedes tried six-hour days? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38843341

Food:

Should I worry about arsenic in my rice? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38910848

Healthcare:

The health workers that help patients stay at home - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38897257

Do you have an underactive thyroid? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38895877

NHS Health Check: Five examples of innovation in the UK - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38879439

Maps:

Tags and the City - https://www.tagsandthecity.net/paris/ Big city metro stations tagged by what tags Instagram user use nearby.

Miscellaneous:

Use talk not tech to tame your children's online habits - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38842791

Independent school students gain extra time for exams - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-38923034 - I think the sub-heading ought to have been the next line:

"The proportion was significantly higher than those who received the special measure in state schools where the figure is fewer than one in eight."

Because yeah, I have no doubt some of those children have education issues requiring the extra 15 minutes (or whatever it is nowadays) but the extra proportion is odd. I don't know if it's because independent schools are more likely to ask than state schools or because they're more likely to think to ask.

Kaziranga: The park that shoots people to protect rhinos - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-38909512

How to Spot Visualization Lies - https://flowingdata.com/2017/02/09/how-to-spot-visualization-lies/

Coming to America: One translator's harrowing journey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38885611

Flight attendant shares story of saving trafficking victim - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38880612

News:

A sarcastic response to Syria's militants - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38912958

The village aiming to create a white utopia - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38881349 Because, of course, Central Europe. Why is it always Central Europe?

Politics:

Trump's America: Are things as bad as he says? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38911708 From last February

Plumber wins workers' rights battle against Pimlico Plumbers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38931211

Sport:

Hoop dreams: the young Texas inmates hoping for a second chance -
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/08/gainesville-texas-student-inmates-basketball

Is DeMarcus Cousins the NBA's greatest ever bad guy? -
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/08/demarcus-cousins-rasheed-wallace-scaramento-kings-technical-fouls

Football:

Germany's most hated club RB Leipzig hit by stones and insults - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38802113 - as usual with UK articles about German things, take with a pinch of salt.

BAD BLOOD: LUIS SUAREZ V PATRICE EVRA - FIVE YEARS ON - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2016-2017/bad-blood-luis-suarez-v-patrice-evra-five-years-on_sto6053369/story.shtml

I know what refugees are going through, give them a chance, says Dejan Lovren -
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2016-2017/i-know-what-refugees-are-going-through-give-them-a-chance-says-dejan-lovren_sto6053244/story.shtml

Kevin-Prince Boateng: ‘Mandela shook my hand and said: my daughter wants to marry you’ -
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/feb/07/kevin-prince-boateng-las-palmas-interview

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez have a surprising way of relaxing, reveals Ivan Rakitic -
http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/lionel-messi-and-luis-suarez-have-a-surprising-way-of-relaxing-reveals-ivan-rakitic-24876/?_ga=1.201578195.339345824.1486476277

Rugby Union:

Joost van der Westhuizen: Matt Dawson on friend & former South Africa scrum-half -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38884906