Author: Naila Scargill

Naila Scargill is the publisher and editor of horror journal Exquisite Terror. Holding a broad editorial background, she has worked with an eclectic variety of content, ranging from film and the counterculture, to political news and finance.

Do You Have A Healthy Personality?

Researchers found that the healthy personality can be described in terms of the 30 facets of the 'big five' model of personality traits....

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Gigantic Mammal ‘Cousin’ Discovered

The discovery of Lisowicia changes our ideas about the latest history of dicynodonts, and also raises more questions about what made them and dinosaurs so large....

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Scientists Discover New ‘Pinwheel’ Star System

An international team of scientists has discovered a new, massive star system, that also challenges existing theories on how large stars eventually die....

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‘Weapons’ Removed From Van Gogh Sculpture

Controversial items relating to the artist's life were scrapped from original design over fears they could be linked to drug, knife and gun crime....

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Evidence of Class Bias in Arts Funding

The tendency for people from higher social grades to be more likely to attend arts events is down to a mismatch between funding priorities and the public’s taste....

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Pain Can Be A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

New brain imaging research shows that when we expect something to hurt, it does, even if the stimulus isn't so painful....

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Restoration of Rare Medieval Altarpiece Reveals Vandalism

The Battel Hall retable, which survived the fury of 16th-century iconoclasts, bears later scars of graffiti and 'witch marks' against evil spirits. ...

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#MeToo Makes Number Three in ArtReview Power 100

The #MeToo movement has sparked a rush of exhibitions in galleries and museums, many focusing solely on female artists in the past year. ...

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US Art Dealers Mobilising in Support of Democrats

An initiative by Swing Left is part of an effort to mobilise the left-leaning energies of the art world to get out the vote for Democrats. ...

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Superheroes More Violent Than Villains

Despite positive themes, new research suggests superhero characters often idolised by young viewers may send a strongly negative message when it comes to violence....

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Decimation of School Arts Impacting on Science and Medicine

Education charity the Edge Foundation calls for dramatic changes to the current national curriculum, arguing that creativity should be at the heart of all learning....

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Theatre Programmers Called Out For Racism

Claiming that it is too much of a risk to programme work by black artists is often simply an excuse for racism, a new report argues....

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Putting the Mind in Touch with Reality

Research finds that the possible origins of tactile fact-checking, in everyday life or in compulsive disorders, comes from the specific kind of reassurance that touch gives....

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The Neurobiology of Social Aggression

Research shows signalling mechanism in the brain shapes social behaviour, with implications for understanding social hierarchy, bullying and aggression. ...

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Cosmic Titan Discovery

The galaxy proto-supercluster, nicknamed Hyperion, is the largest and most massive structure yet found at such a remote time and distance. ...

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Humans Cause of Sixth Mass Extinction

If current conservation efforts are not improved, so many mammal species will become extinct during the next five decades that nature will need 3–5 million years to recover....

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Marie von Papen Makes UK Debut

MVP: London is the latest in a series of innovative pop-ups, including a former wharf in Copenhagen and an abandoned shipping warehouse in New York....

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Bad Scorpions Running Wild

Researchers have documented 104 species of scorpion worldwide, updating the global record of medically significant scorpions, or those whose venom could be alternately gravely harmful or beneficial....

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“I Spend a Lot of Time Looking at People’s Depressing Dinners”

New London gallery Elephant West will open on 10 November with Dipping Sauce, British photographer Maisie Cousins largest show to date....

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Art on the Streets Exhibition

The posters invite the viewer to consider the role that visual activism can play in our everyday experience, highlighting the power of images to challenge and empower....

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Find The Fish

For the first time, locations on the human genome have been identified that can explain differences in meaning in life between individuals. ...

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Arts Organisations Must Be Allowed To Die

A new report on resilience in the arts encourages a shift in thinking from individual sustainability to the health of a sector as a whole....

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Paris Pop-up Theatre To Be Run By Refugees

The theatre will be run by an ensemble called La Troupe, consisting of eight core members and other participants, all of whom are refugees....

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Invasive Snakes Hitchhiking With US Military

A research team has been studying why a type of cat-eyed snake has been so effective at devastating native bird populations on the island of Guam....

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Swedish Museums Call For Nazi Loot Assistance

Museums are calling on the government to create an independent panel to issue recommendations on claims for art that was lost due to persecution by the Nazis. ...

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Active Ingredients in Arts Interventions Identified

A new report seeks to explain the positive impact of the arts on health and wellbeing by naming the ‘active ingredients’ that lie behind such outcomes....

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Screen Nation Announce 2nd Black Hall of Fame

The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards return in October with the UK’s only hall of fame honouring individuals of British African Caribbean heritage....

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Exhibition On Screen Returns For Sixth Season

The pioneering series of cinematic films about exhibitions, galleries and artists returns with ​Degas: Passion for Perfection​ from 6 November 2018....

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Creative Scotland ‘Very Concerned’ About Lottery Reform

The funder says that increasing prize and sales limits for society lotteries could negatively impact quality of life for people and communities across the UK....

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Unknown Shakespeare Records Found

Previously unknown documents concerning William Shakespeare’s father John, discovered in The National Archives, throw new light on his son's early life and developing political views....

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