Another round-up of links to articles you may have missed.
First let us return to the perennial question of Fukushima and whether the fear of radiation the real killer, rather than the radiation itself. The BBC’s
Rupert Wingfield-Hayes investigates again.
Now for the truly bizarre. A tiny wasp that enslaves a cockroach with a sting to the brain.

And here are ten things you likely didn’t know about parasitic Ichneumon wasps. They’re incredible and they’re all around us!
Cats are all around us as well. Here’s an article on how they manage their society with group scent.
We all know that cats and dogs don’t really get on. And surprise, this is quite naturally part of their approach to the world.
Dogs see the world completely differently to us. Here’s how.
Here’s a very scary graphic from XKCD which puts us and our domesticated animals in perspective with wild land mammals. Now tell me again why we don’t need to reform agriculture?
The Raven was Toast’s “Bird of the Month” for February.
The human microbiome just gets more weird. Earwax transplants indeed!
Still on the medical, some surgeons have discovered that silk screws are strong enough to mend broken bones. And they’re biodegradable.
We are ashamed of everything that is real about us and this is causing us harm. Like I keep saying we need to normalise sexuality and nudity.
And if that means just being happily nude at home, then why not just do it?
Now for more weirdness, this time archaeological. Apparently some of the stones at Stonehenge ring like bells when struck. Could Stonehenge be a prehistoric belfry?
Also in SW England, a 4,000-year-old burial on Dartmoor is shedding lots of new light on our bronze age history.
More up to date and in London here’s part 3 of the history of Waterloo Station.
Here’s something I bet you Londoners didn’t know about. Roaming the Thames with Thames Clippers — a jump on, jump off river rover ticket.
And while we’re talking about London, what if Greater London was to be made a National Park? Well the idea isn’t quite so crazy.
And finally one to send you girls right over the top … an orgasm machine to deliver climax at the push of a button.