Archive – Page 109

Officer?! There’s mashed potato on the Pentonville Road! [The Lovely Eggs]

06/04/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaphere are six people who probably tune in to my witterings, four of whom have probably already abandoned ship half way through this...

Hubble looks into the galactic past

05/04/2015

Eight unusual looped structures orbit their host galaxies and glow in a bright and eerie goblin-green hue...

A more melodic variation on the metal theme [Karnivool]

05/04/2015

Metal is mostly preaching to the converted, but the congregation at London's Roundhouse was definitely devout and ecstatic....

How cigarette smoking superbugs get even more super

04/04/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”N/dropcapicotine-addled MRSA superbugs get even badder-assed when they are exposed to cigarette smoke. It figures. Work starts on the...

A battle between nature and technology [Clark]

04/04/2015

Clark's music expresses a world precariously balanced, sounding equally on the brink of triumph and disaster; the two often intertwining...

Test Dept – DS30 : April 23, Ritzy Picturehouse

03/04/2015

This screening of DS30 is accompanied by a selection of archive material of the group on film and video which will be followed by a Q & A with founding members ...

West Africa Redux : Twenty Kinds of Awesome in Africa

03/04/2015

'whenever I mention Mali, Ghana, or Sierra Leone, the inevitable question is usually, "What was your favorite place?"'...

Official: Smartphones Make You Stupid(er)

02/04/2015

The cognitive effects of 'being in search mode' on the Internet may be so powerful that people still feel smarter even when their online searches reveal nothing...

An initial crunch, then a soft succulent filling [Port Royal Patties]

02/04/2015

'New Product Development can be time consuming and wasteful. On the other hand, customers want to see NPD from time to time'...

The Other Garden

01/04/2015

Four artists explore themes of temptation and paradise lost, voyeurism and privacy, curiosity, obsession and gratification...

Artist or designer? [Alexander McQueen retrospective]

01/04/2015

McQueen wraps the girls up protectively, in fabrics fitted so elegantly and perfectly that you begin to wonder if the clothing is meant to be like a shield....

Which Way does the Leaf Go? Drawing Apple Logos

31/03/2015

People's memory, even for extremely common objects, is much poorer than they believe it to be....

Misanthropic roots record for the rootless savage [Thomas Koner]

31/03/2015

As a leading musician within forward-thinking electronic music circles Koner's work around his theme presupposes an exploration into the primitive nomadic elements of being human. ...

Music, motor function, learning and memory

30/03/2015

Playing music enhanced the activity of genes involved in dopaminergic neurotransmission, motor function, learning and memory....

A spurious god created by a corrupt elite – Capitalism

30/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcapfter one presents a cogent critique of capitalism, one is likely to hear the following as a reply from the propagandized, good...

Giving Drones Morphable Wings

29/03/2015

This finding will greatly help make flapping winged drones much more robust....

Ripping into the Islington night [Night Ranger]

29/03/2015

Hardcore fans packed out the venue whilst the band hit the stage with a mighty explosion of raw power. Night Ranger...

Dating by Faith – Why?

28/03/2015

People's decision to partner with religious or non-religious individuals can be determined by personality traits that religiosity is believed--rightly or wrongly--to predict...

A mixture of figuration and abstraction. Interview [Bernie Clarkson]

28/03/2015

'It was such a surprise to win the trip and exactly the sort of prize I would have chosen for myself'...

Opting out of the attention economy.

27/03/2015

Firms will realize substantially greater success if they use moderately energetic commercials rather than highly energetic ones...

Siena in all its least-known corners (Federico Pacini)

27/03/2015

Pacini photographs the off-season, with its overcast skies and grey suburban areas....

Defining ‘Natural’. Why ALL food additives need standards.

26/03/2015

After decades of debate there remains no generally accepted definition of a "natural" food product....

Blues purists must die [JJ Grey]

26/03/2015

JJ Grey will no doubt continue his slow ascent in the blues world, playing to rapt (but quietened) audiences throughout the world...

Fallow and Flower, For Feeding the Bees

25/03/2015

Flower strips sown into farmers' fields not only attract bees but increase their numbers...

Despair, evil, murder and suicide. Monthly Metal Medley

25/03/2015

This is like rolling a natural 20 in a particularly bleak game of D&D. You’ve lucked out, and the Gods do smile upon thee, which is certainly a step up from most weeks when it’s more like an...

Opossum in your Snakebite, Sir?

24/03/2015

The antivenom would probably work against venoms from poisonous snakes, as well as against scorpion, plant and bacterial toxins...

Make Better Music 73: Mindful Qualities

24/03/2015

Quality requires a mindfulness and quietness to allow ideas to form, take shape, emerge and grow...

Natural Nettles Give Cancer the Sting.

23/03/2015

A highly effective way of defeating cancerous cells...

Wigger, Wigga, Once Again

23/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”F/dropcapurther musings on whether we were racist to use the term ‘wigga’ in a Trebuchet article…. Wigga. The word...