Time lapse bees

This is all about bees and how they develop. It’s from a story by Ellyn Kail about a lady called Anand Varma who works for National Geographic which is totally cool.

http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/05/astonishing-time-lapse-captures-the-development-of-baby-honeybees/

Catching honey possums in Torndirrup National Park

By Karla Arnall

Researchers from the University of Western Australia (UWA) are spending their mornings chasing down the tiny marsupials to study their sugary diets.

UWA researchers are 12 months into a five-year study of honey possums in the bushland surrounding Albany. (ABC Great Southern: Karla Arnall)

Carol Spinney: the man behind Sesame Street’s Big Bird

First published: Friday 31 July 2015 12:32PM

By: Wendy Zukerman and Jason Di Rosso

Image: Carol Spinney, left, has played Big Bird since Sesame Street began in 1969. (Supplied: I Am Big Bird)

For over four decades, Carol Spinney has given life to the Big Bird character on Sesame Street. He spoke to The Final Cut about his continuing deep connection with the puppet and what life is like inside the suit.

Rotary Club volunteers seek old bikes to make homemade wheelchairs for disabled children

By Thomas Mackenzie-Forbes

Posted yesterday at 5:02pmFri 14 Aug 2015, 5:02pm Photo: More than a dozen volunteers help convert old push-bikes into wheelchairs every Saturday on the Gold Coast. (ABC News)

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Gold Coast volunteers who convert old bicycles into wheelchairs for disabled children overseas are feeling deflated as they struggle to source old bikes.

Nazi ‘treasure train’ lost at end of World War II found in Poland, lawyers claim

Photo: The Nazis used armoured trains to transport their loot. (Bundesarchiv)

Related Story: Nazi-era hoard of gold coins found in northern Germany

Map: Poland

A Nazi train rumoured to have gone missing near the end of World War II while carrying away gems and guns ahead of advancing Soviet forces has reportedly been found.