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Ones that got away - October 14, 2008

‘Banjo used in brain surgery.’
The strangest video to cross our screens so far this week. (BBC.)

“One thing we’ve learned is that we’ve got to have something resilient enough to take at least some impact from a vessel.”
A fishing boat has taught Rick Luettich, a University of North Carolina marine scientist, a lesson. At the cost of a $100,000 instrument platform. (WRAL.)

Dennis the manatee dies.
Rescued from cold Cape Cod, Dennis died after a 27-hour trip to a Florida rehabilitation centre. (Boston Globe.)

“A Faustian pact with dark forces” or “We have to go there”.
Architects debate designing nuclear power stations. (The Guardian.)

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