Our New Smartphone Culture

05/12/2016

Mobile music, movies and casino games will mean that the 20th century technologies must surely begin to appear more and more archaic...

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Anger

What Does Anger Sound Like to Children?

05/12/2016

Researchers pair acoustical analysis with brain mapping to understand how children process emotion in speech...

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pharmaceutical psilocybin

Return Trip? Magic Mushrooms and Cancer

04/12/2016

Psilocybin relieves anxiety and depression in patients with advanced cancer ...

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Loitered Lens: Terrorvision

04/12/2016

Photos of Terrorvision onstage at Koko, London, November 2016...

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The Unexpected Healing Power of Platypus Venom

03/12/2016

Platypus venom could hold key to diabetes treatment ...

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Arkona, Vozrozhdenie

Clever, Inventive, Versatile… and Dull: Vozrozhdeniye (Arkona)

03/12/2016

Accomplished and precise, Arkona's rework of Vozrozhdeniye nevertheless fails to ignite...

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Blue Whales, shipping

Don’t Tell the Japanese. New Ways of Tracking Blue Whales

02/12/2016

New forecast tool helps ships avoid blue whale hotspots ...

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The Business

RIP Micky Fitz (The Business)

02/12/2016

A fond farewell to Micky Fitz, singer with London punk outfit The Business...

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windmill, infinite song

We Are Infinite Song: Consolations of the Soul

02/12/2016

As 2016 enters its final phase, remember: we are as much infinite song as we are earthen flesh...

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We just count on four and yell. Nico Elgstrand interview (Entombed A.D.)

01/12/2016

Catching up with Entombed A.D.'s Nico Elgstrand for Grieg, Mozart and some yelling....

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acoustics

Why ‘Put the bin out’ Sounds Like ‘Open a Beer’. Gender and Vocal Attractiveness

30/11/2016

New research suggests that men and women perceive consonants differently...

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Dispatches from The Great Gathering (Killing Joke)

30/11/2016

More a private party than a gig. At Killing Joke's Great Gathering, everyone knew the words....

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Have an Ice Day: Lake Ecologists Consider the Winter Season

29/11/2016

Study finds life under the ice is vibrant, complex and surprisingly active...

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Rebecca Downes

Records from the Road. BeLive (Rebecca Downes)

29/11/2016

No filler. Rebecca Downes only has a couple of albums, but this live set sounds like a Greatest Hits...

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sad dog

That Time You Went Away? Your Dogs Remember

28/11/2016

Your dogs are paying attention and they'll remember...

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And When the Sleeper Wakes? (H.G.Wells, Wyndham Lewis and Nietzche)

28/11/2016

Flirting with Fascism is a dangerous game, particularly when misinterpreting Nietzche...

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Check Your Pants! This Ethiopian Ant Could Conquer the World

27/11/2016

New dominant ant species discovered in Ethiopia shows potential for global invasion ...

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Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds

Loitered Lens: Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds (Nambucca)

27/11/2016

A look back at Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds charming the devoted at London's Nambucca...

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winter, walking on Ice

Born Slippy? These Boots Were(n’t) Made For Walking on Ice (Ice Baby)

26/11/2016

Most winter boots are too slippery to walk safely on icy surfaces. The Shame!...

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Touchstone, Lights from the Sky

Lights From the Sky (Touchstone)

26/11/2016

Recognisably Touchstone, but with a fresh take, Lights from the Sky introduces a new direction for the UK prog stalwarts...

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Transgenic grass

Greening the Battlefields (but destroying the planet?) with Transgenic Grass

25/11/2016

New grasses neutralize toxic pollution from bombs, explosives, and munitions ...

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Soil, O2 Academy

Falling Backwards Through Jack Daniels (Soil, O2 Academy)

25/11/2016

Soil, Sons of Texas and Liberty Lies blast the plaster off the walls at Islington's O2 Academy...

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good dads

Good Dads Make Happy Kids (and they don’t even need to clean up)

24/11/2016

How new fathers see themselves in child's early years seems to be most influential on kids' later life...

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Mincer by Dan Booth

Fed Up With Fake News? So Stop Making It.

24/11/2016

Fake News sites cause very real damage, but how do you define 'trustworthy'?...

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musical training

Musical Training Combats ADHD in Kids

23/11/2016

Musical training creates new brain connections in children ...

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Rudra, Enemy of Duality

Death (and Rebirth) Metal: Enemy of Duality (Rudra)

23/11/2016

Avoiding kitsch and staying extreme, Rudra integrate south Asian influences into metal mayhem...

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hulk, masculine norms

Are You Dying to Keep Up With Masculine Norms?

22/11/2016

Men who adhere to masculine norms risk mental health problems...

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Dark Tranquility

Make Yours a Melodic Death: Atoma (Dark Tranquility)

22/11/2016

Screams, shouts and growls. Dark Tranquility get expressive on Atoma...

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Walnuts

Want Smart and Legal Mood-Enhancement (for Men)? Read On

21/11/2016

The key to a better mood for young men is found in walnuts...

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Friends as Enemies and Enemies as Friends…. (Wyndham Lewis)

21/11/2016

Despite popular myth, Wyndham Lewis (through sheer stubbornness and inflated ego) actually avoided association with Fascism....

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