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To pee or not to pee? Red Cross says using urine on jellyfish stings won't help
Tuesday 30 July 2013
An unexpected boom in the number of jellyfish swarming around our coasts has prompted an unusual warning from the British Red Cross – don’t pee on a jellyfish sting.
BBC welfare state documentary presented by John Humphrys breached guidelines
Tuesday 30 July 2013
A BBC documentary on the welfare state presented by John Humphrys breached guidelines on impartiality and accuracy, the BBC Trust's editorial standards committee has ruled.
You shouldn't pee on a jellyfish sting like in ‘Friends’ - and other medical myths
Tuesday 30 July 2013
We all remember the episode when Monica, Chandler and Joey head to the beach. Monica gets stung by a jellyfish and to ease her pain Chandler urinates on her leg. And thus a worldwide health lesson was learned.
To pee or not to pee? Red Cross says using urine on jellyfish stings won't help
Tuesday 30 July 2013
An unexpected boom in the number of jellyfish swarming around our coasts has prompted an unusual warning from the British Red Cross – don’t pee on a jellyfish sting.
Er, What is a dongle? A brief guide to the latest techno-lingo
Sunday 28 July 2013
If you know already, well done. If not, read on to find out about the gizmo with the silly name
Caught in the net: The man of the forest engraves his sound
Friday 26 July 2013
It's rather hard to describe the sound of Forest Swords, as evinced by the new track from the Liverpool producer (aka Matthew Barnes). The piece, “The Weight of Gold”, comes from his August released album Engravings and is streaming through his Soundcloud and at forestswords.tumblr.com. It's a murky, dark and experimental affair, with snippets of guitar tones, beats rolling through, fragments of vocals and various sonic and electronic effects. Whatever which way one describes the thing, it's probably best to say it sounds great and is worth attention.
Book review: The Dark Road, By Ma Jian, trans. Flora Drew
Friday 26 July 2013
This river journey through boom-time China's lower depths is worthy of Dickens or Hugo
Michael Calvin: Is the Big Bash leaving a dent in Australian hopes of producing Test players?
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Focus is increasingly on T20 slog-fest which is making money – but not quality cricketers
Book review: Fatal Rivalry: Flodden, 1513, By George Goodwin
Friday 19 July 2013
Five centuries ago, a well-equipped Scots army faced the English. The result shaped our history
The Last Word: The ghosts of Tours past still haunt Chris Froome
Sunday 14 July 2013
If he wins rumours will persist and if he loses then Contador, a convicted cheat, will benefit
‘Vampire' graveyard? Heads placed between legs of decapitated skeletons found in Poland
Friday 12 July 2013
Rearrangement indicates ancient execution rituals designed to ensure the dead do not return to life, say archaeologists
After Youtube ban, Robin Thicke rejects 'ridiculous' claim that 'Blurred Lines' trivialises rape
Tuesday 09 July 2013
The singer said he couldn't 'dignify ridiculous criticism with response'
Nothing that Ed Miliband says on union influence on Labour will be enough to silence his many critics - on both sides
Monday 08 July 2013
Sometimes leaders are trapped without an obvious escape route, as Miliband is now
- 1 Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
- 2 Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
- 3 US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
- 4 Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
- 5 Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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