Thursday, July 18, 2019

I used to go on and on about the Elgin Marbles (well, I still do, but haven’t linked to many articles about them lately). Now the British Museum is “considering” loaning tabots – sealed so that only Ethopian priests can view them – back to Ethiopia. Geez.

The National Book Festival is next month, and check out the very cool poster!

The Atlantic has an assortment of Chernobyl photos taken immediately after the disaster. Chilling stuff.

DNA testing has led to all sorts of discoveries – good and bad – among families, and here are two stories. Family secrets can be difficult to handle.

Meanwhile, in somewhat related material, Springwise tackles an explanation of big data – what it is and where it might be going.

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