Interesting Links for 30-03-2014

[andrewducker]

• Epic sand castle. (And, for once, I'm using the word epic correctly)
  (tags: sand )
• 6 Ways The UK Still Doesn't Have Full Marriage Equality
  (tags: lgbt marriage UK viafanf )
• Clocks go either back or forward this weekend or next weekend
  (tags: uk funny time )
• Black death was not spread by rat fleas, say researchers
  (tags: disease history )
• Labour will be given only six months to plan policies in Whitehall before the general election.
  (tags: politics UK )

Comments

[matgb]

Black death was not spread by rat fleas, say researchers

Or, to put a more accurate interpretation than the Guardian journalists, "researchers confirm pneumonic plague was main killer as we've long known".

I can poke holes in the basic science and history in that article. Medical science is so not my field it's silly.