30 April, 2026

Rare discovery of ambergris on Denmark beach excites scientists and historians

 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/rare-discovery-of-decades-old-whale-vomit/106617738

What a find, this is something that comes along once in a blue moon. It’s still legal in Europe to use ambergris in high end perfume manufacturing. Ambroxan is the synthetic equivalent used in most perfumes. You can make a fragrance last longer on your skin by  putting moisturiser on first and then that holds the fragrance in place. 



Inside Venezuela anger and desperation are rising. The number of corpses is 'incalculable'

  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-03/inside-venezuela-post-earthquake-miracle-survival-and-despair/106867484 This is a terrible human tr...