NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Wednesday

ON THIS DAY IN -   1698 - Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

A breakthrough to rescue the Northern White Rhino

New wasp species with a giant stinger discovered i...

First dogs in the Americas arrived from Siberia, d...

What does the koala genome tell us about the taste...

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)