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Gun restrictions save lives

28/10/2012

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”I/dropcapn a dramatic denouement of the inpenetrable mysteries of the bleedin’ obvious, US researchers figure out that restricting...

Robots as Careworkers

27/10/2012

Adults said they are willing to use a robot for reminders to take medicine, but they are more comfortable if a person helps them decide which medication to take. ...

Size Doesn’t Matter (Shape Does)

26/10/2012

'the sexual organs change most rapidly of all morphological features during evolution', the wonders of science bring us new research on the sexual organs of beetles. Hooray!...

Hanging Offence: Wapping Project Bankside

25/10/2012

It is not an annex of The Wapping Project, it is a separate entity informed by all of the wild things I have done over the years at The Wapping Project....

Gaga in Green: Scientists name fern genus after the singer

24/10/2012

'At one stage of its life, the new genus Gaga has somewhat fluid definitions of gender and bears a striking resemblance to one of Gaga's famous costumes.' So they named the fern GAGA...

Deftones UK Tour

24/10/2012

The Deftones have nothing left to prove. They have 'the rock' and now they want to share it with you....

Hanging Offence: Heartbeat Gallery

23/10/2012

A successful and well-established commercial space that is known for it’s unpretentious, welcoming environment that evokes familiarity within visitors and erases any notions of elitism commonly...

Spinefarm Need Street Team!

21/10/2012

Spinefarm records are looking for street team footsoldiers. Armed with wallpaper paste and a sheaf of flyers, it's the way into the music business that doesn't involve bassplayers sleeping on your...

Cretaceous Acoustics Comeback

20/10/2012

Global warming appears to be leading us back to the similar ocean acoustic conditions as those that existed 110 million years ago...

Knife-Fighting Frogs!

19/10/2012

Combat-ready spikes which shoot from fingers sounds like the weaponry of a comic book hero, but a Japanese scientist has found exactly this in a rare breed of frog....

Dropkick Murphys Announce Album/Tour

18/10/2012

Dropkick Murphys whittle their shillelaghs, sup the cream off the top of a few wee pints o' the black stuff and get set for an album launch and Euro tour starting in, where else? Dublin!...

Worst Sounds Top 10

15/10/2012

"It appears there is something very primitive kicking in,", how we react to unpleasant sounds....

Call For Artists: UNHINGED

14/10/2012

All artists involved will be featured on our website and be promoted as part of the Unhinged Collective (if they would like to)....

Graphene iPad Possible

13/10/2012

a 'Graphene Roadmap' which for the first time sets out what the world's thinnest, strongest and most conductive material can truly achieve...

Diamond Planet Discovered

12/10/2012

The study estimates that at least a third of the planet's mass — the equivalent of about three Earth masses — could be diamond....

Hanging Offence: Transition Gallery

12/10/2012

'We are always looking for new ideas and artists to show. There is no point in us doing what the big galleries do'. Transition Gallery's Cathy Lomax talks to Trebuchet ...

Warzone Sex-Violence Levels ‘negligible’ (U.N.)

11/10/2012

HSRP director Andrew Mack, disputes the common assumption that conflict-related sexual violence is on the rise...

Stian Westerhus: Cafe OTO

10/10/2012

A chance to catch Westerhus' architectural guitar sounds at Cafe OTO...

Foreign Invaders Cost Taxpayer £1.7bn

10/10/2012

An acceptable price to pay?...

Sweet ‘n’ Sour Science

09/10/2012

Newly-published research claims 'The way foods make our mouths feel has a great deal to do with what foods we choose to eat'. Still no cure for cancer....

Hanging Offence: Charlotte Jansen [Art]

09/10/2012

Trebuchet: What do you dislike most about art? Charlotte Jansen: Pretentiousness....

Interview: Hey Colossus

08/10/2012

How do you think the current coalition government will end? "If you think we're a doom band I suppose our answer would be that everything ends eventually..."...

Asteroid Zapping 101

07/10/2012

Blast it, Scotty! Academics at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow are set to investigate the removal of space debris and deflection of asteroids – leading the first research-based training...

Flu Epidemics get the Stiff Upper Lip

06/10/2012

Britons are less likely than other nations to react to flu epidemics with ‘social distancing behaviours such as avoiding hugging or kissing’. But then, those other nations probably...

Ketamine Perks Up

05/10/2012

Many chronically depressed and treatment-resistant patients experience immediate relief from symptoms after taking small amounts of the drug ketamine. ...

Microbial Music, Biomechanical Bebop

01/10/2012

Microbes make music. And it's not bad either....

Nettle Cloth reveals Bronze-Age Trade Routes

30/09/2012

Strontium analysis of ancient nettle fibres reveal bronze age trade routes ...

Chocolate Makes Snails Smart

29/09/2012

Training snails is easier when you feed them chocolate. 'Fetch!' (waits...)...

Prison inmates overuse Ointment. Study asks why.

29/09/2012

The first study to report on the widespread misuse of topical antibiotics found that 59 percent of male and 40 percent of female maximum-security prison inmates are using over-the-counter ointments,...