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20% of America’s Gassiest Citizens Produce Half Its Diet-Related Gas

22/03/2018

20 percent of Americans are responsible for almost half of US food-related greenhouse gas emissions...

A Whiff of Polonium, Or Smoke and Mirrors?

22/03/2018

US economic and militarist aggression is to blame for Russian military posturing. ...

‘We Can Make You Blind’ The Adventures of Cambridge Analytica

20/03/2018

Do you worry that people never tell you straight and only want to manipulate you? Well you should! Welcome to Cambridge Analytica....

Brexit & the Arts Industry

16/03/2018

Are you interested in art? or in making and showing it? then you may need to think about Brexit, again!...

Have a Wee Drink? Urine Trouble if You Don’t

15/03/2018

Taste test gauges how recycled wastewater performs against bottled and tap water...

Could This Be The End For Testing On Animals?

14/03/2018

MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects before the drugs are tested in humans. ...

What the Dickens! The End of the Social Climber?

09/03/2018

Is it possible to feel a warm glow when we consider the poor and underprivilaged of our own country? Can we still climb the social ladder? ...

As the US Judiciary increasingly clashes with the Trump presidency, what does this mean for the founding fathers' vision?

Donald Trump vs. the US Judiciary

08/03/2018

As federal courts openly clash with the Trump Presidency, what now for the Founding Fathers' vision of a limited judiciary?...

‘Deep Mind’ AI As Advanced as a 4yr old!

02/03/2018

The 'Deep Mind' team have developed an AI that can think 'like a four year old' will this be our making or undoing?...

Plastic pollution doesn't just wash up on the beach - it is a threat to the whole of our environment.

Reinventing the Plastic Bottle

01/03/2018

Plastic pollution is a major crisis, especially in the form of bottles. So, what can we do?...

The Science of Sleep

28/02/2018

Einstein's theory of relativity voted greatest idea ever inspired by sleep....

Do We Understand Modernism? We Better!

27/02/2018

Modernism is in the news because as it turns out not that many people ever really got it! Since we have long since left this epoch behind and since its exerts such an influence maybe we should make...

Humans and Fruit Flies Hit Snooze Button in Synch

23/02/2018

Fruit Flies Create Buzz Around Body Clock Research....

MUBI Gifts Free Subscriptions to the Filmmakers of Tomorrow

21/02/2018

In association with CILECT and with the support of Creative Europe, film students and teachers worldwide will be able to access MUBI at no cost. ...

Study Proves People Congeal Over Time!

20/02/2018

A study from NASA has shocked people by showing that life and education contribute to the death of creativity in children, creativity which is essential to our race, and is difficult to win back once...

Scientist Sheds New Light on Origins of Personality

16/02/2018

Scientist explores the origins and shaping of personality through basic human needs....

Being Blacker: Racism in Modern Britain

14/02/2018

Molly Dineen's first documentary in 10 years is a portrait of the challenges of being black in modern Britain....

Decolonising Higher Education, But What Does it Mean?

13/02/2018

Is decolonising higher education a good thing? and what does it mean? find out more here....

Ramblin’ Man Fair Announce Second Headliner!

12/02/2018

Mott The Hoople added to an already stellar lineup for the 30th June/1st July event...

Deep Brain Exploration with Nanomaterial

09/02/2018

Nanoparticles offer new solutions to deep-brain exploration. ...

Beppe Grillo is a clear example of the line between Comedy & Politics being crossed. But is that a good thing?

‘Is That Funny?’ Comedy and Politics

08/02/2018

Across the globe, the line between Comedy and Politics is growing ever more blurred. This event discusses the implications, and the punchlines, that result....

Mike Mignola Brings Michael Moorcock to Life

07/02/2018

Hellboy creator and artist Mike Mignola, Batman artist Kelley Jones, and Eisner Award winning writer Mike Baron bring Michael Moorcock’s Chronicles of Corum comic to life in this brand-new...

New Reasons to be Depressed Confirmed! :(

06/02/2018

Social media is depressing, but we just cant stop. Maybe talking about it will help, in person!...

Red Square, Moscow - but is McMafia a realistic depiction of Russian organised crime?

McMafia: The Reality

01/02/2018

The BBC's McMafia is an international thriller with Russian organised crime at its heart and London as its hub. But how realistic is the portrayal of Russian-managed drug and human trafficking rings...

Vatican to host major Andy Warhol exhibition, Yeah Really!

30/01/2018

The unlikely pairing of Andy Warhol and the Vatican? Well it's happening, so get used to it. Read more here....

Bossy Cow – Female-Dominated Workplaces Are Less Flexible

26/01/2018

Working in female-dominated workplaces means worse access to flexible working arrangements...

Political bullshit just makes you part of the herd.

Bullshit and Post-truth Politics

25/01/2018

The spread of management-speak, or just plain bullshit, into politics has grown ever more common of late. It's easy to laugh off such vacuous jargon, but is there a real cost to talking rubbish?...