Being our round-up of links to items you missed the first time – but they’re a bit thin on the ground this month.

Science, Technology, Natural World

An article on the American woman who established industrial medicine and toxicology.

A southern European wasp species (Polistes nimpha, right) has seen in UK for probably the first time.

Should we feed garden birds or not? A BTO researcher weighs the evidence.

Health, Medicine

Transplant of vaginal fluid could help cure bacterial vaginosis.

A look at how Mooncup bust period taboos and built a successful business

Sexuality

Is this sexuality or is it medicine? Anyway it is here … It is suggested that stimulated ovulation (eg. in rabbits) could provide an underlying explanation for female orgasm.

Art, Literature, Language

A look at something we all know … the English language is not normal. [LONG READ]

History, Archaeology, Anthropology

Some recent research suggests that Botswana’s Okavango Delta was the cradle of all living humans.

There is now some debate over whether Neanderthals are the same species as Homo sapiens. It seems to depend on how you define a species.

Aerial geophysics scanning has found 1000 ancient sites on the Scottish island of Arran.

Still in Scotland, some ruins in a Tayside forest may have been illicit 18th century whisky distilleries.

The Museum of London has acquired a silver plate which belonged to diarist Samuel Pepys.

And that’s all for this month, folks!