BBC radio has free audio books on occasion. The website was too long, so we shortened it to Tinyurl.com/fredinspring. There you’ll find “Uncle Fred in Springtime,” by P.G. Wodehouse, read by a whole group of actors. Part one is available until Dec. 6, at which point they’ll put up part two.
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GlobalSchoolNet.org links children worldwide for science projects and cultural experiences. A current project looks at the problem of plastic in the oceans.
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“27 Science Fiction ideas that Became Science Facts in 2012. Click to find descriptions of an invisibility cloak, a computer controlled by thought, a photo of DNA, genetically-modified silk stronger than steel, spray-on skin and genetically modified mice that lived three times longer than normal — the equivalent of a 200 year-old human being.
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Genius (for iPhone and Android) gives you lyrics for any of 1.7 million songs. Besides lyrics, you get annotations and in some cases, can hear the song. We looked up Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” and tapped the line “When Missus Ned McLean (God bless her) can get Reds to ‘yes’ her, then I suppose, anything goes.” Mrs. McLean back then was the wife of the owner of The Washington Post, and had recently embarked on a highly-publicized trip to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, precursor to the USSR. The “Reds” were Communists, of course. We love the song but never understood the Mrs. McLean part.
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