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Forgiving Jeremy Clarkson: Forgiving Ourselves. [Top Gear]

22/04/2015

The culture wars have become so divisive, even the organisation that tolerated Jimmy Savile is obliged now to take sides....

Only a Few? Smoking and Denial

21/04/2015

It seems that people are aware about the dangers of tobacco for health, but might consider that the risks are not for themselves, but only for other people....

Watching the Hugos burn. Sci-Fi Controversy Wreaks Havoc

21/04/2015

At this point, the Hugo Awards of 2015 look as good as dead, and everyone is now fighting over a corpse....

Cancer-busting broccoli FTW!

20/04/2015

Broccoli sprout extract protects against oral cancer in mice and proved tolerable in a small group of healthy human volunteers...

Riffs thick enough to float a ship [Rongeur]

20/04/2015

Rongeur's sparse instrumentation gives the music room to breathe...

The Sweat Smell of Success

19/04/2015

In a way, happiness sweat is somewhat like smiling - it is infectious....

Freelancing, self employment and accountants.

19/04/2015

A gross day rate multiplied by 365 sounds impressive to some but the take home reality is generally less… much, much less. Plan accordingly....

Courtney Barnett likes chairs

18/04/2015

Courtney Barnett's songs are like diary entries, written to be sung to a captivated audience...

Essence of old school rock [The Amorettes]

18/04/2015

Over all too soon, leaving just telltale scuff marks, a ringing in the ears and the faint smell of perfume ...

Then bury your head in it…. Nuclear Waste Disposal

17/04/2015

Deep borehole disposal has been developed primarily in the UK but is likely to see its first field trials in the USA next year. ...

A folksy bagpipe-led interlude unexpectedly sweeps in [Skyforger]

17/04/2015

Their use of a jaw harp is perhaps unique in metal....

Fasten your fascinators, Swingamajig is landing

16/04/2015

An eclectic line up boasting not only the Electric Swing Circus, but a whole host of seriously crowd rousing beats...

Big bangs, pulsars, black holes and supernovas [Fujako]

16/04/2015

Off-key gamelan clangs, swarming keyboards and pitch-slowed kickdrums hammer that recurring distopian atmosphere home...

How to Promote Backyard Bird Diversity

15/04/2015

Neighborhoods most attractive to birds were those in which many yards had fruit or berry-bearing trees and shrubs...

We are watching your culture too. Captured

15/04/2015

Captured highlights the premise that embracing diversity is essential for the continued development of Native American art....

Can You Catch Norovirus from Your Dog? Maybe.

14/04/2015

It is not clear just how much of a problem canine infection and transmission may represent for humans...

A bewitching yet ruinous and wretched pastime [The Picturebooks]

14/04/2015

Combining classic garage rock, the North European darkness of doom metal and the melancholy exhilaration of riding a custom chopper through the old Route 66 ghost towns of Arizona...

Faith No More UK Dates Announced

13/04/2015

- Playing main stage Download Festival Saturday June 13th - Band to record session at legendary BBC Maida Vale studios - Sold out US headline tour starts April 15th...

Red Ink and Difficult Happiness [Beth Hart]

13/04/2015

This has been the most difficult, the most scary experience I’ve had writing and making a record and I know why. It’s because I was scared....

Charging out: Dataflame’s costly domain transfer fees

12/04/2015

In 2014, popular web domain registrar 123-reg created a disgruntled buzz when, they started charging people to move their domains away. In 2015, it seems that Dataflame are charging £15+vat to...

Kissy Kissy Icky Icky. Why kids don’t snog

12/04/2015

A hardwired signal in the brain accounts for young children’s temporary aversion to bestowing physical affection on the opposite sex. It takes at least a decade of marriage to make the...

Lacking in natural grease, Rock Top Trumps Deathmatch

12/04/2015

You can spend hours in your bedroom practising your scales and hours more preening and primping but you can’t spray on that magical gritty rock and roll quality...

That serotonin high is a gut feeling

11/04/2015

It is estimated that 90 percent of the body's serotonin is made in the digestive tract....

An undercurrent of groove and funk… gone dull. [Polar Bear]

11/04/2015

Two tracks in, and the band departs to leave the irritatingly named Leafcutter John to give the audience a few minutes of meandering ambient nonsense....

$fracking$

Quakes or cancer : Which Fracking Death Would YOU Prefer?

10/04/2015

'there are a lot of potential ways that fracking may be distributing and spreading radon'...

System of a Down Rage Against Armenian Genocide

10/04/2015

So all-encompassing was this attempt to exterminate a nation that the term “genocide” was invented...

Bloodstock 2015 Updates and Club Nights tour

09/04/2015

Bloodstock 2015 strengthens its lineup with seven more bands, and announces a slew of club nights to warm up the metal glands...

A time-traveller’s log : The Stele of Revealing

09/04/2015

Over the 3 days comprising the 8th, 9th and 10th of April 2015 Thelemites around the world will celebrate the transmission of Liber Al Vegis to Aleister Crowley in a Cairo hotel room....

Fish brings Misplaced Childhood back on tour

08/04/2015

It was not only a breakthrough album for the band but also for me as an artist because I was finally discovering my own individual style as a lyricist and singer....

HRH Prog 2015

08/04/2015

Pwllheli is a long way from anywhere at the far end of a winding single-track railway line. The train stops many, many times at little request stops, but only if you know how to pronounce the...

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