NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Thursday

ON THIS DAY IN 1783 - Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Shark with lowest-known metabolism is a sluggish s...

Black rats rainforest invasion 'speeded by defores...

Lab talk: why sleepy lizards avoid their family-Ti...

Emerald and gold: Two new precious-eyed endemic tr...

Oldest fossil sea turtle discovered: Huge fossiliz...

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)