Ones that got away - January 05, 2009
“No-one goes to prison for the crime of trafficking wild animals, or to put it another way, a crime against humanity is not considered a serious matter.”
Marcelo Rocha, of Brazilian NGO SOS Fauna, discusses the country’s illegal wildlife trade (BBC).
“Third-hand smoke.”
A new term has been coined for nasty cigarette residue that lingers even after smoke has dissipated (NY Times).
“We have also been able to reproduce the sound of someone speaking or clapping in Stonehenge 5,000 years ago.”
Rupert Till, of Huddersfield University in the UK, joins the long line of people who think they’ve worked out what Stonehenge was for (Daily Telegraph).
