Friday of Interesting News: 4th Jan 2013

Happy New Year everybody and welcome to your first news roundup of 2013! As you might expect there are a lot of reviews of 2012 and 'best of -' lists kicking around on the internet at the moment, so here are a few of the better ones.

2012 Reviews
2012's most viral science videos
Top news stories from the London Natural History Museum
Animals that went extinct
Top 11 Ocean Stories of 2012
The top five posts from Deep-Sea News

Photography
TED-Ed: How Photography Connects Us
BBC's latest Attenborough Series 'Africa' started on Wednesday. Check out iPlayer if you missed it!

Marine Science News
Still looking for a New Year's Resolution? National Geographic has 10 for you!
Shell oil rig runs aground in Alaska
Record numbers of seal pups born in Norfolk this winter
Five organisms with real superpowers to rival their comic book counterparts
Deepest corals in the Great Barrier Reef discovered at 125m depth
Are jellyfish numbers really on the rise?
Poor weather washing Oceanic Sunfish ashore in the UK
Roman shipwreck reveals more secrets
Scott of the Antarctic may not deserve his bad reputation

Art & Design
Who wouldn't want one of these beautiful laser-cut wooden charts?
Ever wonder what a Narwhal really is? Ed Yong reveals all via twitter
Are your children not terrified enough of bathtime? Try these!
Must learn to knit one of these!
Enjoy!

2013 Calendars: Last chance to pre-order

Each year for the last few years, I've put together a Wild Ocean Photography calendar for sale in time for Christmas, and this year is no exception. Unlike previous years though, next week I'm heading to New Zealand for a conference and a couple of weeks holiday so the deadline for pre-ordering calendars has been brought forward to this weekend. So if you're looking for a Scottish-wildlife themed Christmas present for the bargainous price of just £10 (+P&P) then you'd better get your orders in quick because I'll be placing the order with the printers on Sunday evening. There will be a few extras which you can pick up later if you miss the pre-ordering deadline, but there won't be many and once they're gone, they're gone!

The calendars are all A3 size and printed double-sided on high quality card with a silk finish. The proof copy looks really nice this year with the new design so I'm sure you'll not be disappointed!

For more information and to order yours, check out the calendars page on the WOP website at: http://www.wildoceanphotography.com/2013-calendars

The designs for this year are:

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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September 

October

November

December

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