An article this week in the Plos One journal documents how pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus) utilise that wonderfully long caudal fin of theirs. Threshers are a relatively rare species and not that much is known about their habitats and hunting...
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Are you a fan of thunder? Do you get excited by an electric storm? If the answer to both those questions was yes, I have found the perfect holiday destination for you. Read...
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America, land of the free, home of the brave, promoter of torture. Guantánamo bay detention centre was all over the media a few years back, but it has slowly slipped back under the media...
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These incredible pictures were taken at Xiao Lang Di Dam on the Yellow River in Jiyuan, Central China’s Henan province. Silt builds up in massive amounts and has to be periodically cleared. They adjust...
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Vlad the Impaler is a household name throughout Europe and beyond. He has become synonymous with the vicious and the blood thirsty. But despite his infamy, I really didn’t know much about him, other...
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Johannes Stoetter won the World Body Painting Championship in 2012, a competition I didn’t know existed. The impressive Italian artist uses his art as an excuse to touch naked women… Only joking, but...
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Eskimos, or Inuits as they prefer to be known are a group that developed in Alaska around 4,000 years ago. Braving the harshest of conditions, and despite all odds, managing to thrive. Although...
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I woke up in a good mood today, that’s a rare pleasure, so I decided I would write something. You know, share my joy with the world, make it a brighter place. I...
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So, the simple premise for these two posts is a collection of pictures of people that teach Maths at University. I plucked them fresh from the websites of The University of Sheffield, The University of...
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Tesco have ended up doing some apologising this week as they put on sale a wholly inappropriate colouring book for kids. The book which consists of images from famous horror films said that...
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