What Kind of Sexist Are You? Effects of Pornography and Age

04/08/2017

Age of first exposure to pornography shapes men's attitudes toward women ...

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Great British Tattoo Show

Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show (Part Two)

04/08/2017

Needles, inkguns, rubber and balm - colourful scenes from Alexander Palace...

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funniest words

Nitwit! Egghead! Twerp! Searching for the Funniest Words

03/08/2017

Booty, booby, nitwit and hooter among the words which make us laugh most ...

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Is Trump Getting Too Big For His (Concrete) Boots?

03/08/2017

Elites have no issue with dead Muslims, but they will draw the line at presidential ineptitude...

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Can You Really Use Insects to Tell if A Body’s Been Moved?

02/08/2017

Forensic entomology is more complicated than it looks on TV...

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Cambridge Folk Festival 2017

Cambridge Folk Festival 2017

02/08/2017

As ever, outstanding in its field....

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decisions

How Intuitive Are You? (Whatever You Answered, You’re Probably Wrong)

01/08/2017

People find it difficult to judge how good their intuitions are ...

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A dynasty of design: SHH Architects

01/08/2017

Generations of architectural elegance applied globally...

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crispy jellyfish

Crispy Jellyfish: Coming Soon to a Buddha Bowl Near You

31/07/2017

New methods of preparation mean jellyfish may soon be accepted as a healthy snack...

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The Manicured Wild

The Manicured Wild (Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery)

31/07/2017

Johnny Briggs and Evy Jokhova explore the gap where man and nature meet at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery...

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studying, alcohol boosts recall

Alcohol Boosts Recall (and, Usually, Regret)

28/07/2017

Alcohol boosts recall of earlier learning ...

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mastering emotion

Get Over It! Achieving Freedom by Mastering Emotion

28/07/2017

Between stimilus and response lies the opportunity for conscious choice...

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dog, dog walking

Beats Botox! Dog Walking Keeps You Younger Longer

27/07/2017

Dog walking could be key to ensuring activity in later life ...

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write better

Write Better Words: The Nuts and Bolts

27/07/2017

The good stuff is there in your mind - getting it onto paper just takes discipline...

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lunar magma

Within a Watery Moon: New Analysis of Lunar Interior

26/07/2017

Scientists spy new evidence of water in the moon's interior ...

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The Pips

Great Quails’ Eggs, But a Bitter Taste in the Mouth: The Pips

26/07/2017

Metropolitan and erudite in other ways, why do great venues insist on pastiche music?...

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In-Car Pollution: Worse Than We Thought

25/07/2017

In-car air study of commuting cars finds dangers to human health...

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Treasures from the wreck of the Unbelievable

Treasures From the Wreck of the Unbelievable (Damien Hirst)

25/07/2017

Part fantasy, part Hollywood, all Hirst. The master of spectacles hits Venice...

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Individualism

It’s MINE!: The Inexorable Rise of Individualism

24/07/2017

Individualistic practices and values increasing around the world ...

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Escaping the Pursuit of Happiness

24/07/2017

It is no shame to seek sanctuary from the vanity-lousy imps of the collective mind...

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Spot the Fake! How Good Are You at Detecting Fake News?

21/07/2017

People can detect a fake image of a real-world scene only 60% of the time...

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write better

Write Better Words: A Step by Step Guide

21/07/2017

Turn up at the page (and avoid cliches like that one). How to be a better writer....

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Cambridge Folk Festival

Cambridge Folk Festival Twins With Newport

20/07/2017

Two titans of the folk festival landscape team up across the Atlantic...

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Great British Tattoo Show

Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show

20/07/2017

It's not just ink at the Great British Tattoo Show (there's rubber, lace and unguents too)...

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red algae

Summer Superfood Alert: Red Algae

19/07/2017

What makes red algae so different and why should we care? ...

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Defying Gravity

And Time, and Fashion, and Fads: Defying Gravity (Mr. Big)

19/07/2017

Age will not wither them, nor gravity hold them down. No frills hard rock from Mr. Big...

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Brexit and food

More Catastrophe! This time: Brexit and Food

18/07/2017

UK not ready for Brexit's impact on food, report warns ...

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reductionist

Show Me Your Leprechaun, Mr Reductionist

18/07/2017

We know the gods by the living agency of their songs and their unique psychical signatures....

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Domestication of seed

Don’t Fear the Reaper: Domestication of Seeds was Earlier than We Thought

17/07/2017

Synchrotron light used to show human domestication of seeds from 2000 BC ...

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Rencontres d'Arles

Sunflowers and Daguerreotypes: Rencontres d’Arles

17/07/2017

At the opening week of the Rencontres d’Arles international photography festival ...

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