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Galactic geysers fuelled by star stuff

20/01/2013

Seen from Earth, but invisible to the human eye, the outflows stretch about two-thirds across the sky from horizon to horizon....

Playing Sport for Fun

19/01/2013

To protect against injuries, young athletes may need to play more just for fun...

NASA satellites saw Cyclone Freda’s widening eye

18/01/2013

Tropical Cyclone Freda intensified over the last couple of days in the warm waters of the Southern Pacific Ocean, and NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites measured the rainfall within the storm, and...

The short end of the stick

17/01/2013

Some men voice complaints of shortened penis following prostate cancer treatment. ...

Living Colour:Intimate UK Gig

16/01/2013

Legendary, ground breaking funk-metal group Living Colour have today announced that they will be coming to the UK this March to play what is currently their only UK show...

Simian Ghost cover Bowie [Free Download]

16/01/2013

Swedish chillwave adepts Simian Ghost cover David Bowie. Free download....

Nick Cave News: New Album, Intimate Tour.

15/01/2013

Ahead of the latest 2013 release 'Push the Sky Away' Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will perform in very atmospheric venues in London, Paris, Berlin and LA....

Volbeat Reveal Album Details

15/01/2013

Danish metal band Volbeat has revealed the band is in the studio recording a new album for release in Spring, 2013....

Girls better at school, worse at tests

14/01/2013

Why do girls get better grades in elementary school than boys—even when they perform worse on standardized tests?...

Let crying babes lie

13/01/2013

Let crying babes lie: Study supports notion of leaving infants to cry themselves back to sleep...

Magnetic fields created before the first stars

12/01/2013

"No one knows how magnets work!" - Bochum physicist calculates field strengths in the early universe...

Get moving on those resolutions

11/01/2013

For those short on time, aerobic, not resistance, exercise is best bet for weight, fat loss...

Benoit Pioulard new album March 4th

10/01/2013

Hymnal is the fourth kranky album by Thomas Meluch under his musical alias Benoit Pioulard, following Précis (2006), Temper (2008) and Lasted (2010). It was written and recorded throughout a year...

Head kids, hurt bad

10/01/2013

Second impact syndrome: A devastating injury to the young brain. Science shows that it's more or less okay to band kids on the head once. ...

Wilko Johnson Diagnosed with Cancer

10/01/2013

Legendary Guitarist Wilco Johnson of the Dr Feelgood has been diagnosed with Cancer of the Pancreas....

Avoid Fructose!

09/01/2013

Fructose Ingestion and Cerebral, Metabolic, and Satiety Responses. Associations between fructose consumption and weight gain. Booze and fried bananas also implicated. ...

Space travel is harmful to the brain

08/01/2013

As if space travel was not already filled with enough dangers, a new study out today in the journal PLOS ONE shows that cosmic radiation could accelerate the onset of Alzheimer's disease....

Our Ancestors: Social Climbers or downright loafers?

07/01/2013

Did humans really come down from the trees or did we have to come down from the trees to become human? ...

James Cameron new eco-film revealed

06/01/2013

Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals....

Vapour Death to MRSA!

05/01/2013

Hydrogen peroxide vapor enhances hospital disinfection of superbugs. Johns Hopkins to begin decontaminating isolation rooms with robotic, vapor-dispersing devices. ...

Oh, Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree

04/01/2013

The needles of the plant Pseudotsuga menziesii, commonly known as the Douglas fir could be used to sterilize nano devices destined for medical applications....

Where do Jellyfish come from?

03/01/2013

Scientists have cast doubt on the widely held perception that there has been a global increase in jellyfish....

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Relax. You Can Change

02/01/2013

young people, middle-aged people and older people all believe that they have changed a lot in the past -- but that they will change relatively little in the future....

Higher, Drunker, Faster: Female Students Binge-Drinking

01/01/2013

The amount drunk per unit of time is higher among women. In other words, even though male students drink more often, females do so more intensively in shorter periods of time...

One Last List: Staff Picks for 2012

31/12/2012

One final list of 2012's highlights. Best events, albums and gigs of the year, as picked by Trebuchet staffers...

Putting electronic cigarettes to the test

31/12/2012

Electronic cigarettes are experiencing somewhat of a boom at the moment. An estimated two million people in Germany have already turned to the vapor cigarette, which many view as a healthy...