Category: News

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

Did a Bunny lay your Easter Egg, or was it a Dinosaur?

08/04/2012

Research by paleontologists in Spain and the UK suggests that not all Easter eggs come from the same 'parent' species; some could be from dinosaurs, including a new species from the Pyrenees....

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Finally, a substitute for whale vomit!

07/04/2012

Scent of a woman? Far more likely that it's actually the stench of whale vomit. Still, at least there's a chance that high-end perfume-makers no longer have to depend upon bulimic sperm...

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Black Dice New Album Streamed Here.

06/04/2012

Happy Easter People – the new Black Dice Album 'Mr Impossible' is being streamed here on Trebuchet.  Which all in all is quite nice. I'd write more but there is way too much...

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Robots Versus Pirates: Scanning for contraband with MMSS

06/04/2012

Robocopters and multi-mode sensor seeking technology goes into trial this summer with the US Navy. The technology makes it simpler for US Navy personnel to identify pirate vessels. Alternatively,...

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The Emotional Impact of Unrewarding Work

05/04/2012

Emotionally exhausted? Is that an actual scientific term now? Researchers at Concordia University in Montreal have helpfully attached the phrase to a recent study developing the theory that staying...

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Lee Gascoyne and John Ledger exhibition at Heartbeat Gallery

04/04/2012

Lee Gascoyne, John Ledger 18 April — 10 May 2012. Much underrated and under appreciated artists Lee Gascoyne and John Ledger have been brought to together by the heartbeat gallery. Not to be...

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Protein announces Daniel Johnston Exhibition

03/04/2012

Daniel Johnston Comes to London.  Arch-songwriter and trouble soul Daniel Johnston is playing London. If heart rending poignancy is your thing then this exhibition is the perfect compliment to...

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Riveting: What Really Sank the Titanic

03/04/2012

Riveting: What Really Sank the Titanic...

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Earliest Evidence of Fire Use

03/04/2012

Scientists find evidence that human ancestors used fire one million years ago – 300,000 years earlier than previously believed.             An...

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Fast food linked to depression

01/04/2012

Which is cause and which is effect? A study confirming a link between eating fast food and depression is one thing, figuring out whether or not the subjects are eating fast food because they're...

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Lost Clint Mansel soundtrack sees light.

31/03/2012

Previously unreleased film score from critically acclaimed contemporary composer Clint Mansel (Pop Will Eat Itself) Music From the Motion Picture Last Night – Released April 16th 2012...

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Inverloch – debut new song

30/03/2012

INVERLOCH:  Debut New Song Melbourne, Australia’s doom-dwellers INVERLOCH (featuring 2/4 of the legendary diSEMBOWELMENT) have premiered a new track from their upcoming debut mini-LP...

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Brighton’s Great Escape Host ‘DIY’ Music Forum

30/03/2012

'You've got to think of yourself as a brand, man. And, like, put download links on your FaceBook page and GO VIRAL!' Finding a way to make the music industry work for you takes more than...

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Karim Park – Electro Goth Free Single

29/03/2012

Swedish electro-goth princess Karin Park has announced the release of her highly anticipated album ‘Highwire Poetry’ on the 28th May. Following the release of her UK debut last September...

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General Surgery:  ‘A Collection of Depravation’ Full Album Streaming Online

29/03/2012

General Surgery:  ‘A Collection of Depravation’ Full Album Streaming Online Swedish goregrind legends GENERAL SURGERY are currently streaming their entire singles compilation A...

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A healthier home? Just move out.

29/03/2012

Want to reduce the percentage of bacteria in your home the easy way? Go outside. Just having a human in the room can add up to 37 million bacteria to the air every hour, although it's possible...

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Chilis Cut Cholesterol

28/03/2012

Bring it ON!!! Chili peppers, we love them already, but it turns out that they're good for us too. Well, we knew they had to be. Apart from being the best way to clear up a blocked nose (eating...

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Investors look to Twitter for Data

27/03/2012

The next generation of financial investors will plan their strategy according to Twitter data. If knowing what people had for breakfast, when they last went to the bathroom, and their favourite links...

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Soundgarden European Tour and New Single

27/03/2012

Back together, back on tour, and a new single out in a month. Soundgarden's lyricism always set them slightly apart from the slew of 90s grunge-rock bands. More by accident than design, the band...

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New insight into male pattern baldness

25/03/2012

Bald men insist it's a sign of virility. All that rubbing against the headboards, dontcha know? Still, it might be worth looking a touch less vigourous in return for a full pelt, no? A new study...

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Wasp

Mega-wasp, coming to a litterbin near you

24/03/2012

Mega-wasp, coming to a litterbin near you...

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Spare tyres on Space Stations. Exercise in Orbit

23/03/2012

Bet those bicep curls don't sting half as much in orbit. Exercise has benefits, even when it's done in space Astronauts have been taking part in short spaceflight missions since 1961. They...

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Or are you just pleased to see me?

22/03/2012

Holding a gun makes you think others are too. Self-fulfilling prophesies have their uses. Actively imagining a successful outcome, as used by athletes preparing themselves for performance, has...

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Seeing around corners: MIT Develop the Ultimate Periscope

21/03/2012

A new imaging system could use opaque walls, doors or floors as 'mirrors' to gather information about scenes outside its line of sight The principle behind the system is essentially that of...

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Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds Collaboration: ‘Stare’

20/03/2012

'We're like the Biggest Happiest Family Ever. Just the other day when I was over in Berlin, Das Bobby Raths (Erased Tapes Uber Boss) called me up and was like "Yo, Justino! what are you...

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Art Improves Quality of Life in Stroke Victims

19/03/2012

New research just published by the European Society of Cardiology sheds some pretty interesting light on what looks, on first glance, like more scientists taking chunks of time, brainpower and...

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How messy are your globular clusters? Messier?

18/03/2012

A globular cluster, slightly bulging at the midriff. Named 'Messier 9' How quickly we become jaded to astronomical discovery. A globular cluster. Sounds a bit like something you find in your...

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Eco Tourists Stress Wild Apes Out

17/03/2012

Sadly, eco tourism impacts too. And although the stressful effects of human contact with orangutan populations in Malaysia seem temporary, it's hard not to feel that no stress at all is a better...

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Rejected in Love, Fruitflies Hit the Booze

16/03/2012

Knocked back in love, fruitflies start knocking back the shots. We've all done it. Researchers at University of California, San Fransisco studying the behaviour of drosophila fruit flies, have...

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Last Chance to Save the NHS [Petition]

15/03/2012

From avaaz.org: Dear friends across Britain, We have just days to save the NHS. Opposition from doctors, nurses and patients has rocked the government. Our massive outcry now can persuade undecided...

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