The hidden beauty of Berlin's indoor pools
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20231116-the-hidden-beauty-of-berlins-indoor-pools [www.bbc.com]
2023-11-19 05:53
tags:
photos
travel
The German capital is dotted with more than 60 public indoor swimming pools, and many of them are so stunning and tranquil they feel like you’re swimming in an ornate library.
source: HN
The English vegetable picked by candlelight
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190424-the-english-vegetable-picked-by-candlelight [www.bbc.com]
2023-07-30 18:07
tags:
food
hoipolloi
A notoriously fickle vegetable to harvest, Yorkshire forced rhubarb is anything but easy to grow. It thrives in the county’s cold winters, but if the soil is too wet, it can’t be planted. If the temperature is too hot, it won’t grow; and 10 or more frosts are needed before a farmer can even think about forcing it. Only then can horticulturalists remove the heavy roots from the field, then clean and replant them inside the forcing sheds where photosynthesis is limited, encouraging glucose stored in the roots to stimulate growth. It demands patience, expertise and good fortune, and, ultimately, it is engineered for maximum taste: once deprived of light, the vegetable is forced to use the energy stored in its roots, making it far sweeter than the normal variety.
source: HN
'Smallest reptile on earth' discovered in Madagascar
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55945948 [www.bbc.com]
2021-02-07 15:45
tags:
biology
Two of the tiny lizards were discovered by a German-Madagascan expedition team in Madagascar. The male Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon, has a body of just 13.5mm.
source: HN
Uzbekistan's opulent metro
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20191029-an-underground-world-of-soviet-opulence [www.bbc.com]
2019-11-05 04:13
tags:
photos
transport
urban
Norilsk: Otherworldly photos of an Arctic city
http://www.bbc.com/culture/gallery/20190321-norilsk-the-city-where-the-sun-doesnt-rise [www.bbc.com]
2019-10-12 18:57
tags:
photos
urban
In our latest Through the Lens, Russian photographer Elena Chernyshova explores what it’s like to live in a city 400km north of the Arctic Circle.
source: HN
The Cold War spy technology which we all use
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48859331 [www.bbc.com]
2019-08-26 03:54
tags:
history
tech
wifi
Samsung TVs should be regularly virus-checked, the company says
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48664251 [www.bbc.com]
2019-06-17 19:23
tags:
ioshit
malware
security
tech
turtles
A how-to video on the Samsung Support USA Twitter account demonstrates the more than a dozen remote-control button presses required to access the sub-menu needed to activate the check. It suggested users should carry out the process “every few weeks” to “prevent malicious software attacks”.
Forced rhubarb – a vegetable deprived of sunlight for extra sweetness
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190424-the-english-vegetable-picked-by-candlelight [www.bbc.com]
2019-04-25 15:16
tags:
biology
food
A notoriously fickle vegetable to harvest, Yorkshire forced rhubarb is anything but easy to grow. It thrives in the county’s cold winters, but if the soil is too wet, it can’t be planted. If the temperature is too hot, it won’t grow; and 10 or more frosts are needed before a farmer can even think about forcing it. Only then can horticulturalists remove the heavy roots from the field, then clean and replant them inside the forcing sheds where photosynthesis is limited, encouraging glucose stored in the roots to stimulate growth. It demands patience, expertise and good fortune, and, ultimately, it is engineered for maximum taste: once deprived of light, the vegetable is forced to use the energy stored in its roots, making it far sweeter than the normal variety.
source: HN
Vodka firm loses valuable iceberg water in apparent heist
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47232355 [www.bbc.com]
2019-02-17 00:55
tags:
food
hoipolloi
A Canadian vodka distiller has lost 30,000 litres of valuable iceberg water in what appears to be a heist.
source: MR
Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge: World's longest sea bridge in pictures
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43779631 [www.bbc.com]
2018-10-24 04:36
tags:
architecture
cars
photos
transport
urban
The 55km bridge and tunnel linking Hong Kong to mainland China via Macau has opened, years late.
There are pictures.
source: MR
The mystery of the lost Roman herb
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170907-the-mystery-of-the-lost-roman-herb [www.bbc.com]
2017-09-11 01:24
tags:
article
biology
food
history
Plus lasers and huckleberries.
source: MR
All 17 species of penguins in pictures
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170228-all-17-species-of-penguin-in-pictures [www.bbc.com]
2017-03-03 18:16
tags:
biology
photos
One for each linux distro.
source: MR