Emmanuel Macron: A New Hope for Europe?
My colleague @MathildeBouvier on the new landscape.
(tags: france )

Some Recent Irish History
John Bruton has not forgotten 1997.
(tags: ireland )

New consensus in Germany - Brexit should be clean, and Britain should pay for it
@JeremyCliffe reports.
(tags: germany eu brexit )

Chasing Cures for Deadly ( Read more... )

Article 50 annotated - with comments from its author
What Lord Kerr thinks it says.
(tags: ukpolitics eu brexit )

Siberian princess reveals her 2,500 year old tattoos
Fascinating. (Story from 2012.) (h/t Annie Cúglas.)
(tags: archaeology )

A Map of Europe's Fastest-Eroding Coast
Bye bye, Withernsea...
(tags: maps )

Why you should always put a coin ( Read more... )

What is vaccine-derived polio?
The last stumbling block.
(tags: health polio )

Shetland Islands toy with idea of post-Brexit independence
#TakingBackControl!!!
(tags: Scotland brexit ukpolitics eu )

Cutting down the Lords
@chrishanretty: it should be drastically reduced in size. I'd ask, why have it at all?
(tags: houseoflords ukpolitics )

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Polio then and now: the story of a crippling disease on the verge of worldwide eradication
Well told.
(tags: health polio )

The Sleeper
Walter Jon Williams, @worldcon75 GoH, on Roger Zelazny and Wild Cards.
(tags: sf )

13 things you didn’t know about Brexit
Some key numbers from the European Parliament via @POLITICOEurope.
(tags: brexit eu ( Read more... )

The European Contraception Atlas
Fascinating.
(tags: sexandgenderandsexuality eu )

Do we still need Doctor Who? Time travel in the internet age
Long Guardian piece on time travel in sf.
(tags: sf )

India polio-free for three years: meet the people fighting to keep it that way
Glad to be involved with global eradication.
(tags: health polio )

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Why are we happy?
The upside of Northern Ireland.
(tags: northernireland )

Loss
On surgery and bereavement.
(tags: Death health )

You don’t have to be stupid to work here, but it helps
"In a world where stupidity dominates, looking good is more important than being right."
(tags: work )

Special Hugo Awards category announced for 2017
A special ( Read more... )

Roller Coasters Could Help People Pass Kidney Stones
The headline says it all.
(tags: health )

A settlement to Cypriot dispute ‘closer than ever before, but there’s still a way to go’
Here's hoping.
(tags: cyprus )

400-year-old Greenland shark is the oldest vertebrate animal
Wow.
(tags: biology )

The Decline of War
The world is getting less violent; we’re just more aware of the violence that happens.
(tags: war )

Africa’s renaissance starts on school benches
@irinabokova on education as force for change.
(tags: education development )

Trees save lives: why ( Read more... )

March 2016 was the hottest March on record. The sixth record-breaking month in a row...
(tags: climatechange ) A train ride with Millwall fans - and the hope it gave me for the EU debate @campbellclaret listens to voters beyond the bubble.
(tags: ukpolitics eu ) A tangled plan ensnared McCrory in HB2 How North Carolina entrenched discrimination.
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Two friends of mine have suffered strokes this month (and it's only the 10th) - both women of about 40, living in Belgium. I'm glad to hear that cygny is recovering, but Keni has been taken from us far too soon. Everyone, remember FAST ( Read more... )