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redfiona99Animals:
Urban kingfishers making a home on London's waterways - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-29204055
US reroutes flights around Alaska beach in attempt to avoid walrus stampede - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/01/walrus-alaska-beach-trampled-death Walruses are the latest victims of global warming (via![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nwhyte)
The freedivers who swim with whales - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29209139
Archaeology:
Greeks captivated by Alexander-era tomb at Amphipolis - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29239529
Temple of Mithras: How do you put London's Roman shrine back together? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29309824
Beyond Angkor: How lasers revealed a lost city - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29245289
Data Visualisations:
Mapping Murder - http://imgur.com/gallery/fo63erj - American homicide rate per 100,000 people (2012) I just really like the way they've visualised the data.
Map: Most Popular Female Names by State - http://i.imgur.com/DQ2Jhp3.gif From 1960 - 2012 Useful for the writers out there.
Map: Most Popular Male Names by State - http://i.imgur.com/xQeel1x.gif From 1960 - 2012 Useful for the writers out there.
History:
Day out at the gallows and other bygone photographic oddities - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29246071 - Selections from Victorian and Edwardian era photography from the Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives.
The UK was home to 250,000 Belgian refugees during World War One, the largest single influx in the country's history. So why did they vanish with little trace? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28857769
Language/Dialects/Etc:
Why is the Birmingham accent so difficult to mimic? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29307916
The rich: Exactly what does the terminology mean? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15822595
Miscellaneous:
Battle horse roundabout in Tewkesbury 'best in Britain' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-29407943
Don’t Be Ugly By Accident! - http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/page/8/ - Or which photographs (including manufacturer, time and device) make you more likely to get OK Cupid hits.
Taboola: The internet firm at the forefront of 'click-bait' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29322578 Interesting stuff, certainly more interesting than the click-bait they produce.
Does job success depend on data rather than your CV? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29343425 Or companies doing ever wierder things to choose candidates.
Trying to improve childhood survival rates in Africa - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29045065
Games for doctors - how the computer games industry is turning its attention to helping doctors improve their performance - http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g5642
Wasabi: Why invest in 'the hardest plant to grow'? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29082091
The father of 26 children who's helping to preach birth control - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29258844
Buddha seems to bring tranquility to Oakland neighborhood - http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Buddha-seems-to-bring-tranquillity-to-Oakland-5757592.php
The NSA claimed that it was only collecting metadata—a fact we now know is false—but even metadata can tell an intimate story - http://www.scottogle.net/my-most-intimate-self-portrait.html
Science:
Plutonium: The scary element that helps probe space's secrets - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29274491
Can Memories Be Implanted and Then Removed? - http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/can-memories-implanted-removed
Terry Fox's cancer now highly curable researcher says - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/terry-fox-s-cancer-now-highly-curable-researcher-says-1.2765316 Or science, we're working on it.
Sport:
Football:
Premier League: Chelsea and the madness of the loan game - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29280337 In short, Chelsea are up to something and whether it works or not could change how the Premier League does business (possibly turning it's business model closer to that of Italy).
Enner Valencia: West Ham striker on milking cows and Green Street - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29354623
Urban kingfishers making a home on London's waterways - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-29204055
US reroutes flights around Alaska beach in attempt to avoid walrus stampede - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/01/walrus-alaska-beach-trampled-death Walruses are the latest victims of global warming (via
nwhyte)The freedivers who swim with whales - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29209139
Archaeology:
Greeks captivated by Alexander-era tomb at Amphipolis - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29239529
Temple of Mithras: How do you put London's Roman shrine back together? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29309824
Beyond Angkor: How lasers revealed a lost city - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29245289
Data Visualisations:
Mapping Murder - http://imgur.com/gallery/fo63erj - American homicide rate per 100,000 people (2012) I just really like the way they've visualised the data.
Map: Most Popular Female Names by State - http://i.imgur.com/DQ2Jhp3.gif From 1960 - 2012 Useful for the writers out there.
Map: Most Popular Male Names by State - http://i.imgur.com/xQeel1x.gif From 1960 - 2012 Useful for the writers out there.
History:
Day out at the gallows and other bygone photographic oddities - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29246071 - Selections from Victorian and Edwardian era photography from the Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives.
The UK was home to 250,000 Belgian refugees during World War One, the largest single influx in the country's history. So why did they vanish with little trace? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28857769
Language/Dialects/Etc:
Why is the Birmingham accent so difficult to mimic? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29307916
The rich: Exactly what does the terminology mean? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15822595
Miscellaneous:
Battle horse roundabout in Tewkesbury 'best in Britain' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-29407943
Don’t Be Ugly By Accident! - http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/page/8/ - Or which photographs (including manufacturer, time and device) make you more likely to get OK Cupid hits.
Taboola: The internet firm at the forefront of 'click-bait' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29322578 Interesting stuff, certainly more interesting than the click-bait they produce.
Does job success depend on data rather than your CV? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29343425 Or companies doing ever wierder things to choose candidates.
Trying to improve childhood survival rates in Africa - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29045065
Games for doctors - how the computer games industry is turning its attention to helping doctors improve their performance - http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g5642
Wasabi: Why invest in 'the hardest plant to grow'? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29082091
The father of 26 children who's helping to preach birth control - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29258844
Buddha seems to bring tranquility to Oakland neighborhood - http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Buddha-seems-to-bring-tranquillity-to-Oakland-5757592.php
The NSA claimed that it was only collecting metadata—a fact we now know is false—but even metadata can tell an intimate story - http://www.scottogle.net/my-most-intimate-self-portrait.html
Science:
Plutonium: The scary element that helps probe space's secrets - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29274491
Can Memories Be Implanted and Then Removed? - http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/can-memories-implanted-removed
Terry Fox's cancer now highly curable researcher says - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/terry-fox-s-cancer-now-highly-curable-researcher-says-1.2765316 Or science, we're working on it.
Sport:
Football:
Premier League: Chelsea and the madness of the loan game - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29280337 In short, Chelsea are up to something and whether it works or not could change how the Premier League does business (possibly turning it's business model closer to that of Italy).
Enner Valencia: West Ham striker on milking cows and Green Street - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29354623
