Month: March 2017

The Ranavirus: How Do You Give Antibiotics to a Toad?

A virus lethal to amphibians is spreading across Portugal ...

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Our job, as puppeteers, is to disappear: Frolicked Outdoor Puppet Theatre

Puppetry has a quality that allows us, as puppeteers, to get very close to people...

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The Jonesing Jams: Worlds Collide (Psych Rock Jams, April 20)

Improvised and fleeting psych rock jams amongst Brick Lane's bodacious baltis and bagels....

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Nothing Changes: Isn’t ‘Deep State’ just the ‘Civil Service’?

Whatever you choose to call it, the wheels within wheels always have the power...

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But Can it Catch? Chemical Computer Recognises a Sphere

The prototype of a chemical computer detects a sphere ...

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Sylvan Dreaming with the Wildwood Kin

Sister act Wildwood Kin prove the rule of harmonious juxtaposition at Islington Academy...

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Less Sex or More Money? Make Your Choice

Increasing minimum wage would reduce teen pregnancies ...

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Let Me Think, But Not Much: Screenwriting and the Brain(s)

100 Problems, but as long as they're someone else's, we're locked to our seats....

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Why Do Shorter Men Go Bald More Often?

Study under the leadership of the University of Bonn shows that hair loss is linked to countless other characteristics...

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Loitered Lens: Annisokay

Gutteral teutonic metalcore screams juxtaposed with heartfelt vocal melodies - Annisokay live at Islington Academy 2. Photos...

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An Active Sex Life Makes Happier Workers

Maintaining an active sex life may lead to improved job satisfaction and engagement in work ...

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Disbelief is right there all the time: Maynard Flip Flap

Some audiences are horrible. Maynard Flip Flap's Rick Allen dares to voice the forbidden truth....

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Brainbeans! Caffeine Could Help Diminish Dementia

Caffeine boosts enzyme that could protect against dementia...

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Art can provide a mirror to people’s lives: Company Chameleon

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”D/dropcapance tends to find a way, regardless of setting. Comforting as it may be, there is no real need to invoke the Billy Elliot myth of...

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Architecture as Metaphor – Griffin Gallery, March 9 – April 21st

So ubiquitous we hardly notice it, Architecture is among our primary metaphors. Griffin Gallery explores the notion...

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USA as World’s Policeman? We’re Going to Need More Coffins

If the USA is 'the world's policeman', is it any wonder the world is so scared?...

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Building a Digital Wall – The Mechanics of Smartphone Interruptions

Smartphone interruptions: Are yours relentless and annoying? ...

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How Deep is Your Mom? (Tragedy, Live in Liverpool)

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”I/dropcap have seen many things in my years of gigging. Some were merely strange. Others, I would have put down to other things influencing...

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Demon Dayz Festival (featuring Gorillaz): Details

Demon Dayz marks Gorillaz’ welcome return to the live stage...

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Shake Your Inner Monkey: Movie Screenwriting and The Limbic Brain

Sex, Politics, Celebrity: What's on your monkey mind?...

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What Makes Big Ben Bong? Acoustic Researchers Vibe Westminster

Engineers reveal why Big Ben produces distinct tone...

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Optimistic By Definition: 30drop on Techno’s Future (Interview)

'Technology will be the vehicle that leads us to that new revolution'...

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But it’s How *I* See It! Pointillism from 38,000 Years Ago

38,000-year-old engravings confirm ancient origins of technique used by Seurat, Van Gogh ...

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Loitered Lens: Staticland

Photos of Staticland at London's Camden Underworld, January 2017...

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Happy Now? Trans and Gender-Fluid Teens Face Three Times the Bullying

Gender fluid teens face up to 3 times more abuse at school and at home than their gender-conforming peers...

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‘I’m sure she knew she was talking to a puppet’: The Flying Buttresses

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaprebuchet applies its right to invoke Henson’s Law. (Henson’s Law: Even the world’s best CGI will look dated in a...

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Stop Playing God! The Downside to Resurrecting Extinct Species

Resurrecting extinct species might come at a terrible cost ...

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Only Lenten Honesty Can Trump a Carnival of Lies

Jokers are wild for Mardi Gras, but only a lent of honesty can counter a carnival of lies...

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Survival International Photo Competition

Call for entries to Survival International's competition for images showing tribal peoples in their natural environment...

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Caress Your Inner Bunny (or We’ll Boil It): Movie Plotting and Psychology

You want to write a killer plot? Feed the croc, snuggle the bunny and give the monkey a promotion...

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