More links to articles you may have missed the first time round.
Starting with the latest update on an old theme: progress on the clean-up of the Fukushima nuclear site. In a word: slow.
And now immediately onto the easier, more accessible and more interesting stuff …
There are loads of misconceptions and myths out there. Here in one infographic is the bust on 52 such myths.
One piece of medical equipment to put fear of God into the heart of all females is the dreaded speculum. Rose Eveleth looks at its history and why there probably isn’t a better design. (Why do they always look to me like angry ducks?)
Talking of stinging things, here’s Simon Barnes on the wonder of wasps and why we should be grateful for them. Yes. Really!
George Monbiot is as usual in stinging mood in his Guardian piece on the critical decline of wildlife because of the uncritical doings of politicians and their friends.
Some things though are intractable, or at least they should be. Ian Urbina looks at the surprising and secret world of passwords. They mean so much more than we know.
I love maps. Every one is fascinating in some way. Here are 12 maps that sum up London in ways you wouldn’t have expected.
And another which looks at London through the lens of the most common non-English language spoken at each tube station.
While we’re talking about London, here’s something of what it’s like to do the knowledge to become a London taxi-driver. This is why I have such a great respect for London cabbies. [Long read]
And the Mormons are coming out of the woodwork too! They have finally opened their kimonos just slightly to revel some of their sect’s inner secrets. Like admitting that their founder Joseph Smith really was a polygamist with an estimated 40 wives. Oh and their special underwear isn’t magic either. Well who would have guessed!
In other things you maybe didn’t know, here are eight things you should never feed your dog or cat.
And then there are five of the UK’s most poisonous plants. I think I’ve met all except the first.
From things you wouldn’t want to eat to things that you should. Surprise, surprise, doctors are now saying the Mediterranean diet is good for us. Didn’t we always know this?
While on things Mediterranean (well vaguely at least) here’s an interesting potted history of nudity from ancient times to the more recent.

And Nikola Novak thinks deeply about why nudity is about freedom. Or is it?
Finally on being a happy person, here are the Pope’s top 10 tips. Seems a good list to me!
Toodle-pip!