Archive – Page 140

Drawing Inspiration

07/01/2014

Symbols don't mean anything; rather they are fecund triggers to the imagination that allow meaning to arise through their contemplation....

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In Search of Time Travellers

06/01/2014

If there were time travelers among us, would they be on social media? How would you find them? Could you Google them?...

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Night Sins : To London or The Lake

06/01/2014

Some riffs threaten to have hooks, some abstract intimation of catchiness seeps into the choruses. Tiny hints of distinctiveness begin to echo through like squeaks from a hamster in an aircraft....

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You Are What you Read. Really.

05/01/2014

Reading a novel may cause changes in resting-state connectivity of the brain that persist...

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Loitered lens : Toseland

05/01/2014

Initially I thought Tom Cruise was doing a bit of moonlighting (Bruce Willis stylee) when I saw the band's frontman stroking his little organ (it was dark in there). But it was just double world...

Jason Forrest – Donna Summer – Download

04/01/2014

Official Free Download links for 4 LP's and 4 Eps from Jason Forrest / Donna Summer...

Second Generation Biofuel Breakthrough

04/01/2014

The use of 'difficult-to-digest' sources, such as plant stems, wood chips, cardboard waste or insect / crustacean shells, offers a potential solution....

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An Emotive Wartime Journey. Yours for £2

04/01/2014

That the Royal Mint Advisory Committee chose to commemorate that 'emotive wartime journey' with the iconic image of Lord Kitchener should come as no surprise....

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London’s River of Filth

03/01/2014

Thousands of pieces of plastic have been discovered, submerged along the river bed of the upper Thames Estuary...

My Dark Song : Bobby Beausoleil

03/01/2014

Bobby Beausoleil and Charles Manson. The collision of two dominant personalities would certainly be the trigger for the first and, perhaps, all three of the gory and ritualistic Manson Family...

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Dial, Drive, Die.

02/01/2014

Experienced adults were more than twice as likely to crash or have a near miss when dialing a cell phone as when they did not dial and drive...

Dragon Paths and Pilgrimages

02/01/2014

At a time when many of us experience a profound sense of disconnection or even alienation from the land, we need more modern pilgrimages...

Emotions mapped on the body. Credit: Aalto University and Turku PET Centre.

Can You Feel the Love Tonight?

01/01/2014

Emotions adjust not only our mental, but also our bodily states. This way they prepare us to react swiftly to the dangers, but also to opportunities ...

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Now the Party’s Over. 2013

01/01/2014

What happens if something good happens at the close of year? How can we definitively say what were the highlights of 2013 until it has actually finished? ...

Post-Christmas Midriff Bulge? Blame Norm

31/12/2013

Eating behaviors can be transmitted socially...

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Ridin’ the Rhodesian Rails

31/12/2013

Maybe a cow on the track, or an elephant. We're certainly far enough out to see some. Sterling Carter enjoys the scenery on a rail journey through Zimbabwe....

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Who Will Save the Eels?

30/12/2013

Even though people have consumed it for millennia, the origin of the eel has long been shrouded in mystery. New studies explain all. ...

Slip Discs : Servants Jazz Quarters

30/12/2013

A very varied night presented by the avowedly playful Slip Discs, committed to breaking down what they see as strict divisions between afficionados of contemporary composition and wider audiences...

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Humans Beat Computers in Face-Recogniton

29/12/2013

Human beings are highly efficient at recognising familiar faces, even from very poor quality images. The trait now has forensics applications. News...

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Loitered Lens : Wilko Johnson

29/12/2013

Energy, manic onstage mannerisms, genius guitar playing and of course that trademark thousand yard stare. Wilko Johnson live....

Airworthiness and Fatigue

28/12/2013

The power dissipation behavior of the lithium-ion battery is, in principle, the same as that for the fatigue of metals. Implications for air travel. News...

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50 Years of Social Progress. Reversed.

28/12/2013

People born in the 1960’s and 70’s will retire poorer than their parents...

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Antibiotic Attack!

27/12/2013

Without effective antibiotics, any surgery – even minor ones – will become extremely risky....

Alan De Niro : Tyrannia

27/12/2013

The value of De Niro's writing is not in what is depicted but in tone, theme, and the disconcerting mood of the short pieces as they seed doubts and second-guesses in the reader. ...

Happy Holidays from Trebuchet

26/12/2013

2014 Cultural Forecasts and Happy Holidays from all the staff at Trebuchet...

Want to Perform? Get Excited

26/12/2013

It really does pay to be positive, and people should say they are excited. ...

Hanging Offence : Hay Hill Gallery

26/12/2013

'We don’t exhibit artworks - we showcase artists.' Hay Hill Gallery's Sarah Jones talks to Trebuchet...

Virgin Birth : The Scientific View

25/12/2013

0.5% of women affirmed their status as virgins and did not use assisted reproductive technology, yet reported virgin births...

Wilko and Out

25/12/2013

We came away wanting to stick our own big V to death and thinking we should all make more of the time we have left. Wilko Johnson is doing just that, and long may he continue....