redfiona99: (Thinking)
redfiona99 ([personal profile] redfiona99) wrote2014-06-13 04:57 pm

Links

Science:

Citizen science app hopes to create buzz for bee survey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27764163 I’m getting visions of bees in tricorns going “I am Citizen Bee”.

Submarines:

The Menace Under The Sea - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27711487 Mostly for this little factoid "Submariners were viewed as pirates - and Royal Navy submarines still fly the "jolly roger" today as a way of nodding to that part of their tradition."

Interesting Time-Lapses:

Turning a football stadium into a boxing ring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzgWm905iZ8

Language and Football:

World Cup 2014: How Brazilian football has a language of its own - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27717450 I promise you it's more about the development of languages than football, and just uses that as the exemplar.

Names and Football:

World Cup 2014: Meet the Brazilian Linekers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27785048

Football:

50 World Cup Facts - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/photos/100-extraordinary-amazing-inspiring-and-incredible-world-cup-facts-1402004462-slideshow/

50 More World Cup Facts - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/photos/100-extraordinary-inspiring-and-incredible-world-cup-facts-part-two-1402476333-slideshow/

How World Cup rituals can benefit performance - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/the-rio-report/world-cup-superstitions-benefit-performance-091326660.html