4 bridges that go nowhere

Monday, 17 June 2013   Sights and smells   By Dom Stapleton
4 bridges that go nowhere

Bridges connects things. It’s the most important thing about them. Literal bridges connect one piece of land to another. Metaphorical bridges connect one person (or thought, or idea, or thing) to another. If a bridge doesn’t link something (or someone) to something (or someone) else, can it really be called a bridge? If it can’t, what’s it called? And if it can, what effect would this have on the word’s use as a metaphor? Would we have to start using “tunnel” instead?

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403 strange underwater things from around the world

Tuesday, 11 June 2013   Sights and smells   By Nick Heady
403 strange underwater things from around the world

On a planet that’s 70% water, it’s perhaps no surprise that there are some interesting objects under the sea. Here we take a look at just 403 of them. Some of these things occurred naturally; some were put there deliberately. One of them may have been made deliberately but nobody can remember.

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The Trulli of Alberobello

Thursday, 6 June 2013   Sights and smells   By Dom Stapleton
The Trulli of Alberobello

When I first saw the Italian town of Alberobello, I was convinced I was actually looking at the setting for a children’s TV programme. I imagined it to be inhabited by little white, fluffy things with adorably cute but artistically very simple faces (much like Moomins or something). But Alberobello is a real place, inhabited by real people (or so the internet would have me believe…)

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5 great lakes from around the world

Monday, 3 June 2013   Science and nature   By Nick Heady
5 great lakes from around the world

The Caspian Sea is often classed as the world’s largest lake, even though it’s called a sea and is technically a small ocean. There’s no exact definition of where the lines between sea, lake and pond may be, but people generally have an intuitive idea of which is which – for example, lots of people have a pond in their back garden, but far fewer have a lake (and nobody has a small ocean).

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5 folk tales from around the world

Thursday, 30 May 2013   Cultures and traditions   By Lizzie Brooks
5 folk tales from around the world

It’s story time! Every country has their own folk tales – stories that have been passed down through generations, usually involving some kind magic or sorcery, and representing a moral code or a life lesson. I assume each story says something about the psyche of the nation it comes from, so make of these what you will! I’ve given my verdict at the end of each story. Please let us know what you think though!

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