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Arts, Culture & Media
The rocky road to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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Some Ukrainian students were evacuated from Ukraine thanks to a Czech circus company, Cirk La Putyka. “Boom," a performance they took to Edinburgh, was rewritten to reflect the students’ perspectives of war and displacement.
Ukraine
A bittersweet experience for Ukrainian artists at Edinburgh Festival
Arts
How this filmmaker went from dealing heroin to working on ‘T2 Trainspotting’
The “Journal of Visualized Experiments,” or JOVE, is used to ensure that experiments are able to be reproduced by other scientists.
Science
This new scientific journal is kind of like YouTube, but without the cats
A car drives near a flag belonging to Islamic State militants at the end of a bridge in southern Kirkuk.
Conflict
Muslim leaders in Scotland say ISIS has ‘no right to call itself Islamic’
Kevin, Anna, Dante and James Kane at home in Taynuilt.
Global Politics
A Scottish teen gets serious about his chance to vote in Scotland’s bid for independence from Britain
A marquee put up in honor of comedian Joan Rivers at The Laugh Factory comedy club in Los Angeles, California. Rivers, the pioneering comedian known for her acerbic wit, classic put-downs and for asking "Can we talk?," died on Thursday at the age of 81.
Culture
A Scottish comedian remembers the joy of being insulted by Joan Rivers
"Smells of Auld Reekie on a very breezy day in 2011" -- Kate McLean's smell map of Edinburgh.
Arts, Culture & Media
This graphic designer makes ‘smell maps’ of cities around the world
"Smells of Auld Reekie on a very breezy day in 2011" -- Kate McLean's smell map of Edinburgh.
Arts, Culture & Media
This graphic designer makes ‘smell maps’ of cities around the world
Olaf Meier
Lifestyle & Belief
How a German banker tasted his way into an ambassadorship — for Scotch whisky
Lifestyle & Belief
On a South Pacific island, a British prince is a god
Environment
Stargazers Discovering the UK’s ‘Dark Sky’ Locations
Arts, Culture & Media
The Terra Nova and Her Polar Adventures
Arts, Culture & Media
Burns, Haggis and Highland Dancers — A Postcard From Scotland
Arts, Culture & Media
Important Viking Burial Site Discovered
Arts, Culture & Media
New Releases from Scotland
Arts, Culture & Media
Money to Shred at Fringe Festival
Arts, Culture & Media
Chinese Opera Qing Cheng Dazzles Edinburgh Festival
Conflict & Justice
Blogger Tom MacMaster Apologizes But Defends ‘Gay Girl in Damascus’ Hoax
Arts, Culture & Media
Personality traits and musical preferences
Lifestyle & Belief
Asian chillies
Global Politics
Pope urges Britain to resist secularism
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Fair Game – Episode 20071031 – Segment 2