It’s Black History Month and we’ve been covering stories of relevance and importance to this annual event. This week we learned about the importance of African American folklore – stories passed down from generation to generation. In America, where for centuries so much effort was made to strip slaves of their cultural identity, folklore was vital in keeping that history alive. But while three black writers have won Nobel Prizes for literature, we wondered why no black scientists have ever been named as Nobel laureates.

There may be good news for people who like their dairy food, especially cheese, cream and butter. Despite dairy being traditionally linked with type 2 diabetes, recent research has found that the more evidence of dairy fat biomarkers in a person’s blood, the less likely they are to develop the disease. Which is surely news that’s worth a round of toast.

You never forget your first sight of the Great Barrier Reef in all its magnificence, so reports that the reef, like many coral reefs around the world, is suffering bleaching as a result of climate change is a tragedy. But bleaching doesn’t mean dying – and some valuable work is being done to understand how reefs might recover. And another idea currently gaining traction is 3D printing reef structures that help tether new corals.

This week we also learned what lay behind the UK Supreme Court’s gay wedding cake ruling, about the golden age of British satire, and why body mass index might not be the best indicator of a person’s health.

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