Links
History and Archaeology:
Archaeologists Train "Monuments Men" to Save Syria's Past - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140903-syria-antiquities-looting-culture-heritage-archaeology/ Amid the devastation and danger of civil war, Syrian archaeologists and activists are risking their lives in the battle against looting.
Shang or Zhou dynasty sword found in Jiangsu - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29108764 A Chinese boy has made the discovery of a lifetime by stumbling across a 3,000-year-old bronze sword in a river in Jiangsu Province.
Miscellaneous:
The elephant that flew - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29060814 - The elephant story is somehow actually the least interesting bit.
Chocolate teapot proves useful - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-29126161 York-based chocolate experts were challenged to prove the sarcastic phrase "as useful as a chocolate teapot" wrong. Or, don't challenge Yorkshirefolk. They will go to extreme lengths to prove themselves right.
Music:
Mary Poppins songwriter 'thrilled' at Proms singalong - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29160738 Alongside regular fixtures such as Land of Hope and Glory, this weekend's Last Night of the BBC Proms will feature a first - a massed audience singalong to the classic Disney score for Mary Poppins.
Songwriter Richard Sherman says he's delighted at the accolade - but that without Flanagan and Allen and Noel Coward none of it might have happened.
Science:
The Poison Squad: An Incredible History - http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/poison-squad The early days of the proto-FDA.
What People Cured of Blindness See - http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/people-cured-blindness-see?src=mp
Deep sea 'mushroom' may be new branch of life - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29054889
Spinosaurus fossil: 'Giant swimming dinosaur' unearthed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29143096
Dreadnoughtus - Enormous New Dinosaur as Formidable as Its Namesake Battleship - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140904-giant-sauropod-dinosaur-dreadnoughtus-argentina/
DNA evidence overturns 30-year convictions in US case - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29039964
The Science of Raspberries - http://chempics.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/raspberry-rubus-idaeus/
Sports:
Premier League: What happens to footballers after being rejected? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28950665 Or, oh boy do the Prem clubs ever need a better plan than just leaving their academy products out in the cold. Wigan, mysteriously, are the only club with a plan. I am having to be nice about Wigan!
Schalke unveil their new tunnel. It is awesome - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/see-the-most-amazing-tunnel-in-football-as-schalke-unveil-masterpiece-162042500.html#more-id
Footballers (and families thereof) adapting to life in foreign countries - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29085943 I am not surprised that Kevin Keegan was one of the first English managers to understand this kind of problem.
Archaeologists Train "Monuments Men" to Save Syria's Past - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140903-syria-antiquities-looting-culture-heritage-archaeology/ Amid the devastation and danger of civil war, Syrian archaeologists and activists are risking their lives in the battle against looting.
Shang or Zhou dynasty sword found in Jiangsu - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-29108764 A Chinese boy has made the discovery of a lifetime by stumbling across a 3,000-year-old bronze sword in a river in Jiangsu Province.
Miscellaneous:
The elephant that flew - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29060814 - The elephant story is somehow actually the least interesting bit.
Chocolate teapot proves useful - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-29126161 York-based chocolate experts were challenged to prove the sarcastic phrase "as useful as a chocolate teapot" wrong. Or, don't challenge Yorkshirefolk. They will go to extreme lengths to prove themselves right.
Music:
Mary Poppins songwriter 'thrilled' at Proms singalong - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29160738 Alongside regular fixtures such as Land of Hope and Glory, this weekend's Last Night of the BBC Proms will feature a first - a massed audience singalong to the classic Disney score for Mary Poppins.
Songwriter Richard Sherman says he's delighted at the accolade - but that without Flanagan and Allen and Noel Coward none of it might have happened.
Science:
The Poison Squad: An Incredible History - http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/poison-squad The early days of the proto-FDA.
What People Cured of Blindness See - http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/people-cured-blindness-see?src=mp
Deep sea 'mushroom' may be new branch of life - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29054889
Spinosaurus fossil: 'Giant swimming dinosaur' unearthed - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29143096
Dreadnoughtus - Enormous New Dinosaur as Formidable as Its Namesake Battleship - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140904-giant-sauropod-dinosaur-dreadnoughtus-argentina/
DNA evidence overturns 30-year convictions in US case - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29039964
The Science of Raspberries - http://chempics.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/raspberry-rubus-idaeus/
Sports:
Premier League: What happens to footballers after being rejected? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28950665 Or, oh boy do the Prem clubs ever need a better plan than just leaving their academy products out in the cold. Wigan, mysteriously, are the only club with a plan. I am having to be nice about Wigan!
Schalke unveil their new tunnel. It is awesome - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/see-the-most-amazing-tunnel-in-football-as-schalke-unveil-masterpiece-162042500.html#more-id
Footballers (and families thereof) adapting to life in foreign countries - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29085943 I am not surprised that Kevin Keegan was one of the first English managers to understand this kind of problem.