http://qz.com/479971/british-actors-are-reading-the-whole-of-homers-iliad-aloud-for-15-hours/
Homer’s epic poem the Iliad is being read aloud in London today (Aug. 14) by a series of actors who began the 15-hour marathon at the British Library at 9am GMT. The reading, which can be watched online here, features many faces and voices most familiar from the UK stage including Simon Russell Beale, Simon Callow, Sinéad Cusack, Ben Whishaw, and Samuel West.
Turn the volume up for the full experience, but cover the kids' ears - the "holy smokes" expletives are NOT in Chinese!
Mathematicians discover yet another pentagon (the 15th known) with which you can tile a plane.
75 years ago this month, the "Few" tangled with the Luftwaffe high above England and Wales. Over one hundred of them were Canadians ... from the prairies of Alberta and Saskatchewan, the cities of Toronto and Montreal, you name it.