Friday, 18 October 2013
Number Ninety One: Drunk
Research has found that the effect of alcohol on behaviour is largely cultural. The UK, US and some other populations tend to become disruptive or violent when drunk.
Number Ninety: Perfume
Tapputi is thought to be one of the world's first chemists and perfume makers. She lived in Mesopotamia during the second millennium BCE.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Friday, 11 October 2013
Number Eighty Two: Flat Pack
In 2005 at the opening of the Ikea Edmonton store six people were taken to hospital in a frenzied crush. A manager pointed out that at least it was not as bad as the three killed in a stampede at the Jeddah store opening the year before.
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Friday, 4 October 2013
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Number Seventy Five: Hubble
The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field image captured a small part of sky that existed over 13 billion years ago.
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