Month: November 2016

Why ‘Put the bin out’ Sounds Like ‘Open a Beer’. Gender and Vocal Attractiveness

New research suggests that men and women perceive consonants differently...

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Dispatches from The Great Gathering (Killing Joke)

More a private party than a gig. At Killing Joke's Great Gathering, everyone knew the words....

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Have an Ice Day: Lake Ecologists Consider the Winter Season

Study finds life under the ice is vibrant, complex and surprisingly active...

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Records from the Road. BeLive (Rebecca Downes)

No filler. Rebecca Downes only has a couple of albums, but this live set sounds like a Greatest Hits...

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That Time You Went Away? Your Dogs Remember

Your dogs are paying attention and they'll remember...

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And When the Sleeper Wakes? (H.G.Wells, Wyndham Lewis and Nietzche)

Flirting with Fascism is a dangerous game, particularly when misinterpreting Nietzche...

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Check Your Pants! This Ethiopian Ant Could Conquer the World

New dominant ant species discovered in Ethiopia shows potential for global invasion ...

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Loitered Lens: Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds (Nambucca)

A look back at Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds charming the devoted at London's Nambucca...

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Born Slippy? These Boots Were(n’t) Made For Walking on Ice (Ice Baby)

Most winter boots are too slippery to walk safely on icy surfaces. The Shame!...

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Lights From the Sky (Touchstone)

Recognisably Touchstone, but with a fresh take, Lights from the Sky introduces a new direction for the UK prog stalwarts...

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Greening the Battlefields (but destroying the planet?) with Transgenic Grass

New grasses neutralize toxic pollution from bombs, explosives, and munitions ...

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Falling Backwards Through Jack Daniels (Soil, O2 Academy)

Soil, Sons of Texas and Liberty Lies blast the plaster off the walls at Islington's O2 Academy...

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Good Dads Make Happy Kids (and they don’t even need to clean up)

How new fathers see themselves in child's early years seems to be most influential on kids' later life...

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Fed Up With Fake News? So Stop Making It.

Fake News sites cause very real damage, but how do you define 'trustworthy'?...

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Musical Training Combats ADHD in Kids

Musical training creates new brain connections in children ...

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Death (and Rebirth) Metal: Enemy of Duality (Rudra)

Avoiding kitsch and staying extreme, Rudra integrate south Asian influences into metal mayhem...

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Are You Dying to Keep Up With Masculine Norms?

Men who adhere to masculine norms risk mental health problems...

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Make Yours a Melodic Death: Atoma (Dark Tranquility)

Screams, shouts and growls. Dark Tranquility get expressive on Atoma...

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Want Smart and Legal Mood-Enhancement (for Men)? Read On

The key to a better mood for young men is found in walnuts...

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Friends as Enemies and Enemies as Friends…. (Wyndham Lewis)

Despite popular myth, Wyndham Lewis (through sheer stubbornness and inflated ego) actually avoided association with Fascism....

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No, Really. You Definitely Won’t Guess What’s Cooling the Arctic

An unexpected ally in the fight against climate change. ...

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Loitered Lens: Soweto Kinch

Evocative imagery from the launch of Soweto Kinch's Nonagram album at the Camden Roundhouse...

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First World Problems: Decoding the Uncombable Hair Gene

Uncombable hair gene discovered ...

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Inside the White (Supremacy) House: Steve Bannon as Chief of Staff

The White House just became whiter with Donald Trump's appointment of Steve Bannon as Chief of Staff....

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Are YOU Nature’s Roundest Thing?

Max Planck Institute scholars answer the question: what is the roundest thing in the universe?...

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All of our blood was confiscated at customs: Ice Nine Kills (Interview)

Boston metalcore horror freaks Ice Nine Kills explain everything...

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Cow Goes Moo: Disney’s Artificial Intelligence Project Gets Ears

Artificial intelligence-based system associates images with sounds ...

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Looking for Answers. Finding them. Solas (The Answer)

New approaches from The Answer result in a fresh and fascinating hard rock album...

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Get the Washing In! New Projections for Subtropical Rainfall

Study finds less gloomy outlook for subtropical rainfall ...

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Between Noise and Silence: A Retrospective (Steven M. Miller)

A master of creating sonic tableaux as resonant as a painter's colours and forms ...

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