Bitcoin: Price v hype

Virtual currency Bitcoin has attracted increasing media attention over the past year. It's also soaring in value, with a single bitcoin surpassing $1,000 (£613) for the first time in November. So has the media hype driven the price hike?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25332746 

How to Pack Like a Pro - Heathrow Airport Video

Heathrow Airport:
If you've ever had problems closing your suitcase, our video will show you just how to make the most out of every inch - so you can stop wrestling your case and start enjoy your trip!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIk8v__Osm8&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLIk8v__Osm8&app=desktop 

How to pronounce Qunu and Mandela’s middle name

Mandela was born in the Eastern Cape, the homeland of many Xhosa speakers. Xhosa, pronounced KAW-suh (-k as in king, -aw as in law, -uh as "a" in sofa, stressed syllables shown in upper case) in English, is one of South Africa's 11 official languages and one of 28 languages spoken in the country.
Like Mandarin and Zulu, Xhosa is a tone language and the pitch of a syllable (high or low in the case of Xhosa) is used to differentiate the meaning of words, just as the consonant sounds -k and -s are used to differentiate the words "king" and "sing" in English.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-25356745 

The Japanese men who prefer virtual girlfriends to sex

Unless something happens to boost Japan's birth rate, its population will shrink by a third between now and 2060. One reason for the lack of babies is the emergence of a new breed of Japanese men, the otaku, who love manga, anime and computers - and sometimes show little interest in sex.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24614830 

Chinese tourists detained in Paris over one-euro coins

Two Chinese tourists have been briefly held in France on suspicion of forgery after trying to settle their hotel bill with one-euro coins.

Police were called in after a hotel owner in Paris became suspicious about the two men, and 3,700 one-euro coins were then found in their room.

But the coins were not counterfeit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24524699 

Is 25 the new cut-off point for adulthood?

New guidance for psychologists will acknowledge that adolescence now effectively runs up until the age of 25 for the purposes of treating young people. So is this the new cut-off point for adulthood?

"The idea that suddenly at 18 you're an adult just doesn't quite ring true," says child psychologist Laverne Antrobus, who works at London's Tavistock Clinic.

"My experience of young people is that they still need quite a considerable amount of support and help beyond that age."

Child psychologists are being given a new directive which is that the age range they work with is increasing from 0-18 to 0-25. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24173194 

Say It Aint So: The Movement to Kill the Apostrophe

Today is the 10th annual National Punctuation Day, a high holiday on nerd calendars across these great United States. Its stated purpose is to be a celebration of underappreciated, misused marks like the semicolon and “the ever mysterious ellipsis.” But a better-known piece of punctuation has been getting some apocalyptic press and deserves attention on this day of celebration: the apostrophe.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/24/say-it-aint-so-the-movement-to-kill-the-apostrophe/