Urban birds sing at higher pitch than rural ones to help song carry further, research shows.

Birds that sing their songs at a higher pitch help them travel further in built-up areas. Previously it was thought…

TIL that in India long numbers are separated by a comma after the first three and every TWO digits thereafter: so "10 million" would be written as 1,00,00,000 ("1 karoṛ").

For the first time, I'm thinking that there might be such a thing as too many icons...

Ashes to Ashes (The Funeral of Peter Huntley)

Dan's dad's funeral was this Friday. Here, he provides photos, videos, and a write-up of what turned out to be…