On 20th of November 1695 Zumbi, the last King of the Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil and ex-slave, was executed and decapitated.
Zumbi #OnThisDay
Porcini Mushrooms: More than meets the eye
Keaton Tremble and Bryn Dentinger, PhD, have suggested that porcini mushrooms have evolved in surprising ways.
Yesnaby
Images of Yesnaby Orkney
George Rendall: ‘The Rive Gauche’
Premiering tonight, Friday 18th of November at 4.30pm on the Orkney News YouTube channel is the second in Martin Laird’s films series ‘Orcadian Stories’.
Hydrogen Power from Plastic Waste
Increasingly how to extract hydrogen from plastic waste which cannot be recycled is being looked at through various projects.
Sgathaich: Warhammer 40000 Shootas, Blood & Teef
“At the start of the game you make a selection of the kind of Ork you’re playing. Flash Gitz, Storm Boy, Weird Boy or Beast Snagga. “
Smyrna: ‘The story that shall not be forgotten’
The critically acclaimed award winning Greek film Smyrna is set during the 1922 Turkish occupation of the city. Local Greek and Armenians were massacred.
Vikings, Pirates, and Shipwrecked Princesses at Book Week Scotland’s #YearofStories
As part of Book Week Scotland, you can hear about Vikings, Pirates, and Shipwrecked Princesses, on 16th of November from 7pm hosted by Orkney College.
The Super Computer Advancing Renewables Research
Dr Pal Schmitt, an expert in marine renewable energy working collaboratively with experts in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen’s, has been accurately recreating waves using the supercomputer.
Seeing Things With New Eyes
Image by Rosie Hopkins – Seeing things with “new eyes and extra colours”
