Beatrix Potter, best known for Peter Rabbit, produced more than 250 paintings and drawings of fungi at a time when mycology was still poorly understood. Fungi were not yet recognised as a kingdom separate from plants, but her drawings recorded their structures and spores with remarkable accuracy. In one study of an orange crust fungus she noted that it seemed to change into a soft, gelatinous form. Modern mycologists think she was seeing a second fungus, Tremella simplex, growing on the first, which means she documented a parasitic relationship without recognising it. She also investigated how fungi reproduce, using velvet shank mushrooms in experiments for a paper on spore germination, which has since been lost.

Israeli reports also say the cabinet directed the military to prepare for a possible new attack on Iran.

Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.