Month: April 2017

Could Artificial Photosynthesis = Global Cooling? Ask a Boffin

28/04/2017

Scientist invents way to trigger artificial photosynthesis to clean air ...

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They Might Be Dragons! Inventing Trauma for Population Control

28/04/2017

State manufactured fear is a phantom which can never be fought. But it can be ignored....

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coffee, espresso

The God Shot: Banish Prostate Cancer with Espresso

27/04/2017

Drinking more than 3 Italian-style coffee cups a day reduces prostate cancer risk by more than 50 percent...

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Kuarna at Womadelaide

Slippers and Chardonnay Time? (Womadelaide Epilogue)

27/04/2017

25 years of festivals proves that, despite grumbles from the old 'uns, Womadelaide knows best....

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sustainable rubber

Snap Your Shiny Suspenders for Sustainable Rubber

26/04/2017

Findings by Delaware scientists could transform the multi-billion-dollar plastics and rubber industries...

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datcha mandala

Loitered Lens: Dätcha Mandala

26/04/2017

Supporting Hayseed Dixie on UK tour duties, Dätcha Mandala walk off with the show. Photos...

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political debate, elections 2017

Shake, not Spin: How To Interpret Political Debates

25/04/2017

Post-Trump, Post-Brexit, we now know that there's a trick to interpreting political debate. ...

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star nosed mole

Know Your Moles: The Star-Nosed Mole

24/04/2017

Strange-looking creature yields surprising insights about nerves, brains and extreme adaptation...

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sleep patterns

Are You Getting Enough? (Sleep): Sleep Patterns and Sounds

24/04/2017

Associating sleep sounds with sleep patterns provides a whole new prospect of sleep diagnostics....

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Peter Hook and the Light, Kentish Town Forum September 2016

Joy and Division: Peter Hook (Interview)

24/04/2017

Peter Hook talks New Order, Joy Division and women in yoghurt....

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Asteroids

Asteroids: If the impact doesn’t get you, what will?

21/04/2017

In an asteroid impact, violent winds, shock waves from impacts pose greatest threat to humans...

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Grey Monday (More Blue Rinse than Blue Skies): Womadelaide

21/04/2017

Kids waving flags, fruitbats cackling and an improvisational spin at Womadelaide...

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Frog Slime: The Cure for the Common Cold… Almost

20/04/2017

Frog slime kills flu virus ...

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Mastering Fear: A User Guide

20/04/2017

What if fear could be used not as a wall, but as a gate? ...

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teachers' resignation letters

‘With Deep Regret’ (for about ten minutes): Teachers’ Resignation Letters

19/04/2017

Teacher resignation letters paint bleak picture of US education ...

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Seignosse bunker

Look On My Works, Ye Mighty. And Grind.

19/04/2017

Buried hubris and follies of personality along southern France's Atlantikwall...

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Sci-Fi London,

Sci-Fi London: Film, Music, Literature and Canine Cosplay #SFL17

18/04/2017

Ten days of sci-fi film, live music, immersive experiences and more...

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Deep State, Media Vampirism and the MOAB Bomb

18/04/2017

With the MOAB, High Dollar Despotism And Perpetual War show off their latest toy...

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Shell Beans, Not Schools: In Search of the WIld Fava Bean

17/04/2017

Seeds from a site in Northern Israel are the ancestors of today's fava beans...

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Sunday Sparkles Sweetly in the Rain (Womadelaide 2017)

17/04/2017

Every festival draws a downpour - even in Southern Australia. Womadelaide's dreich day....

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fear management

Scary Moment? Set Brain to ‘BRAVE’ for Fear Management

14/04/2017

Weakening communication between two parts of the brain in mice reduced their fear levels...

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Let fly the rasping growls and demonic riffery! Sacred/Scared (5Rand)

14/04/2017

Italian thrash/groove/melodic death metal four piece 5RAND test the waters for their debut...

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cow, cow avoidance

In Car Cow Avoidance Systems GO!

13/04/2017

Automated cow avoidance for cars on Indian roads...

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Moroccan Pop: Hassan Hajjaj

13/04/2017

Moroccan Roll: Hassan Hajjaj blends US, Arabic and London imagery in a pop art approach that is all his own...

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Born to Love Heroes? Fairness, Justice, and Children

12/04/2017

Japanese research into the roots of justice may contain hints for solving social ills...

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The Obsessed, Sacred

Oozy Bluesy Doom: Sacred (The Obsessed)

12/04/2017

Doom metal with passion and refinement - The Obsessed are back after a brief 23-year break...

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Sex Obsession Kills Snakes! Randy Reptiles’ Reckless Rutting

11/04/2017

Snake orgy research reveals s-s-secret to longer life...

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War Profiteering and the Business of Slaughter. Ker-Ching!

11/04/2017

Let’s call the oligarchy of the elite what they are. Murderers. Cold blooded, remorseless murderers. ...

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Thanatopolis II

Thanatopolis II: Ghostly Frescoes, Industrial Art (at Waterloo)

10/04/2017

Thanatopolis II: An Evening with Autopsia...

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Womadelaide classroom

Sore Feet and Shambolic Frontmen at Womadelaide

10/04/2017

The scale and extent of Womadelaide can be punishing. Happily, the entertainment is worth the pain....

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