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... )

• What does the election of Justin Trudeau mean for the rest of the world?
  @francescabinda explains.
  (tags: canada )
• Britain out-spent on diplomacy by New Zealand, report finds
  Spending per capita, that is!
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• Time No Longer
  The Mill House in Great Shelford, setting of Tom's Midnight Garden.
  (tags: sf )
• 12 reasons why Cameron will lose ( Read more... )

• E.B. White explains why he wrote Charlotte's Web
  'A book is a sneeze.'
  (tags: writing )
• Humanities! Science is not your enemy, it’s a friend who owes you money
  1) Steven Pinker; 2) UK higher education policy.
  (tags: ukpolitics )
• A-levels day: 10 mistakes parents make when reacting to results
  "If you want to destroy my life just tell me to my face."
  ( ( Read more... )