Reading

A Brief History of Glassmaking · The return of the black-footed ferret The rise, fall, and rise of one of North America’s rarest mammals · Rights for apes Humans have rights, other animals don’t – no matter how human-like they are. Kate Douglas investigates the controversial campaign to get that changed

Sleep Study on Modern-Day Hunter-Gatherers Dispels Popular Notions · Bristlecone Pines · LOSS OF RARE LANGUAGES

THE FORMATION OF CONTINENTS AND THE EVOLUTION OF SPECIES · DEMYSTIFYING YAWN · INCORRECT TERMINOLOGY IN SCIENCE

The Impact of the Potato · Solving the problem of waste disposal · How to clean a beach

Tunnelling under the Thames · The origin and development of applause · The Antikythera Mechanism

Antonio Stradivari – violin maker supreme · Antarctic architecture: Halley VI · Lawrence Johnston and Hidcote Garden

The Baobabs of Madagascar · Coins – the first form of money · Creating a Better Grapefruit

Andrew Carnegie: industrialist and philanthropist · Translating: a key to international understanding? · The mystery of Easter Island What could possibly explain the lack of vegetation on Easter Island?

NEW UNDERSTANDING OF GIRAFFES IN THE WILD · Healthy buildings, productive people · Child’s Play in Medieval England Professor Nicholas Orme investigates childhood in the Middle Ages

Traditional Farming in Zambia's Luapula Province · Babies cry in their mother tongue · Ancient Rome: archaeologists are trying to understand more about the early history of the city

The origins of tennis · John Ray and the Study of Plants · Sir Francis Ronalds 1788 – 1873

HEALTH IN THE WILD · SPEAKING OF NOTHING · CHANGES TO THE SOVIET UNION’S WORKING WEEK