https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cvgz0pdg32mo 

You might imagine why it took so long for someone to come up with this brilliant idea.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oetzi-the-iceman-yeast-mummy-sourdough-bread/ 

Would that work with toenail fungus, Ulric?

I have tried making normal sourdough and during covid did several batches when yeast was difficult to get. It's not bad but is a bit of an acquired taste.

"As much as a third of the world's population could be infected with a parasite from cats that might lead to retina-damaging eye infection and permanent vision loss, a groundbreaking new study warns."

Cat parasite infecting third of humans is 'major cause of vision loss', scientists warn

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/cat-parasite-infecting-third-of-humans-is-major-cause-of-vision-loss-scientists-warn-061423860.html 

Nothing new there. I've been telling people for decades about how cats give you a brain parasite (saying between a third and a quarter of the population have it) and find it baffling the way nobody cares. I can only assume they all have it and it's modifying their behaviour!

That same parasite causes mice and rats to lose their fear of cats, and be attracted to their urine. I strongly suspect it has some effect on people, too, and it certainly would explain how many (but by no means all) cat owners seem completely oblivious to why people might not want their pets taking dumps on their lawn, or killing birds in their gardens.

Me too - parasitology was a big interest for me for many years - and it amazed me how few cat people were up to speed on this one. I like your thought folks may all have it and behave accordingly! Would explain a lot about human behaviour. 😉 Travelling in Asia we managed to pick up giadiasis. That's worth reading up - as again it's far commoner that people realise. My GP said "If you will go drinking water full of human ...."

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/giardiasis/ 

Aha, I've hears of giardia in dogs (and potentially wolves) - seems it's the same thing that humans can get. Not nice!

That NHS page made me grin though:

The main symptoms of giardiasis are:

    smelly diarrhoea

I don't know if that's a medical term, but suffice to say I've not seen any diarrhoea that isn't smelly!

Ah. Never had Giardia then! 🤣🤣🤣 They can line your duodenum like tiles! Mine were only diagnosed with an endoscopy. Picture:s

https://www.sciencephoto.com/category/animals/protozoa/giardia 

Digital reconstruction reveals Conquest Man's face

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyz117w73lo 

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have been a game-changer.

"With the help of caving specialist Shane Diffily and digital mapping consultant Darren Lee, we were able to fill a computer algorithm with everything we knew about the characteristics of cave dwellings in south Wales and set it to work searching for similar sites in Ireland, wiWhat their computer model spat out was 28 potential caves in south-west Ireland which the team investigated.

Eight of them were found to have cave art which they believe dates from at least 15,000 years ago and possibly much earlier, and around 5,000 years before the previous oldest example of humans in Ireland.thout us trudging blindly around the countryside, hoping to bump into something which looked promising."

Ancient cave art discovery suggests first known humans in Ireland walked over from Wales

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y75dl0jpko 

Very interesting but it took me a couple of reads to realise it needs editing. 

Nash, who coordinated the Lost Land Bridge Project, said there would have been a forested and grassland plateau around 46 miles (76 km) coast-to-coast.

With summertime temperatures typically -10°C to -20°C, Nash said the pathway would have supported wild horses, mammoth, bison, reindeer and other large herbivores, which fed off the hardy sedges, mosses and lichens growing through the fertile, but near-frozen soil.

Frigid summer temperatures if that is the case. I think he means +10 to +20C. Let's see if someone edits it. I won't hold my breath.

Restoring Europe's Only Remaining Bristol Freighter

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/l0058ttq/restoring-europes-only-remaining-bristol-freighter 

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Space_for_our_climate/ 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260906170128.htm  

Outpacing Loss (Temporarily): For a brief period between 2020 and 2024, this surge in snowfall outpaced the accelerating loss of ice caused by glacier calving and ocean melting. 

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Space_for_our_climate/Why_is_Antarctica_s_mass_increasing 

The Bigger Picture: Long-Term Decline, Not a Reversal of Climate Change: According to findings reported by outlets like Live Science, these temporary mass gains do not erase decades of overall ice loss.  

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/nasa-satellites-show-antarctica-has-gained-ice-despite-rising-global-temperatures-how-is-that-possible 

Turned up by an AI search

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/climate-solutions/switzerland-turns-train-tracks-into-solar-power-plants/89227914 

A lot better than covering productive fields with solar panels

And don't forget this longstanding project at Blackfriars station

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25843677 

Golf courses cover far more productive land.

A £3.6bn proposal to stop sewage being discharged into Windermere, England's largest lake, has been unveiled.

The plans, which are backed by the local water company United Utilities and clean water campaigners, would see a tunnel up to 12 miles (19km) long built to transport sewage away from the lake.

At the moment both raw sewage and treated effluent are discharged into Windermere and campaigners say that is why parts of the lake have been turning green each summer, so-called algal blooming.

Giant tunnel proposed to clean up Windermere's sewage problem

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5yn4pky527o 

Also see:

Cloaca Maxima

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca_Maxima