A vast network of 200-year-old tunnels lies beneath Liverpool’s streets – and no one knows why they’re there. Chris Baraniuk meets the dedicated volunteers digging up their secrets.
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Why red is the oldest colour
From the earliest daubs of our ancestors 17,000 years ago to the red carpet, there are plenty of reasons why one colour rules supreme.
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‘We are the weirdos’: how witches went from evil outcasts to feminist heroes
Since Anjelica Huston took off her wig in 1990’s The Witches, we’ve made some progress and broken from lore that dictates witches are ugly and evil.
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How ‘MacGyver’ became a verb
The animals that have evolved the ability to count
Counting may be a common skill in the animal kingdom, but some species are clearly better at it than others.
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Why Charles Dickens endures
Charles Dickens was a close observer of human nature, who found endless interest in the theatre of ordinary life.
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Grimm (2011)
Recently I’ve started watching Grimm. I probably shouldn’t have an opinion yet, because I’m only on season 1. At first I was doubtful about this series. It’s not the sort of thing I’d normally watch, but actually, I really like it. I like the main characters and the plot takes up enough of my attention that I can focus on it, which is great and the real reason I’m watching in the first place.
This is the short description from IMDB:
A homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.
The homicide detective’s name is Nick Burkhardt. He has a partner, Hank Griffin, and during the course of his first investigation as a Grimm (‘hunter who fights supernatural forces’), Nick gets to know Monroe, who is a clock maker, nerd and a sort of werewolf (?) called something or other in German. In fact, since the brothers Grimm were German and most of the fairy tales in their collection are from Germany, I’m assuming that all the German names are a sort of wink to that.
Nick and Hank are really cute together and the friendship between Nick and Monroe is really sweet too.
So far I’m really enjoying this series and I’m going to continue watching it until the end, unless later seasons are of lower quality. Fortunately, there are several more to look forward to.
Chimpanzees and monkeys have entered the Stone Age
We think of the Stone Age as something that early humans lived through. But we are not the only species that has invented it
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There are plenty of influential women in history
Only a handful of powerful female figures come swiftly to mind. But that’s because the research is lacking
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