In Brazil a vote has passed to impeach the president, Dilma Rousseff. This is not the only difficulty that the country faces. We outline the other problems, as the countdown begins for the start of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
​Elsewhere, the Indian government has withdrawn its claim to the Koh-i-Noor, the first plastic-eating bacteria are found, beavers can now be seen in Stockholm's waterways and, in the name of science, some researches have been shaving ants.

Issue 274 - 28-04-2016

Waterways and Canal-Building in Medieval England

The new perspective presented in this study has an important bearing on the economy, landscape, settlement patterns and inter-regional contacts of medieval England. Essays from economic historians, geographers, geomorphologists, archaeologists, and place-name scholars unearth this neglected but important aspect of medieval engineering and economic growth.