Category: News

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Musical experience offsets some ageing effects

11/05/2011

Older musicians excel in memory and hearing speech in noise compared to non-musicians. EVANSTON, Ill. — A growing body of research finds musical training gives students learning advantages in...

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Motorhead Announce UK Tour

10/05/2011

With support from Anti Nowhere League and UK Subs. Hard Rock legendsMotorhead have today announced that they will be returning to the UK for their annual tour this November. This year the band will...

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Sir Cliff Richard girds himself for the ‘soulicious’ tour.

09/05/2011

London, 9th May 2011; The live tour and album concept conceived by television star and music producer David Gest, Sir Cliff Richard will duet with more than ten soul legends on a brand new album (and...

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Toby Keith Confirms UK Dates

09/05/2011

Locked and Loaded Tour Kicks Off.  Monday 9th May 2011 –  Following the sell-out success of his first ever European shows in 2009, Country Music Superstar,  Billboard...

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50 years on, UK betting shops lure new breed of punters.

08/05/2011

Fifty years after legalisation, the UK's betting shops are attracting a new type of customer....

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Austra present new video for ‘Lose It’ and announce UK dates

07/05/2011

Premiere new video for ‘Lose It’ and announce July UK & Irish live dates Austra have unveiled a video for their next single Lose It, which is released on May 9th. The video was filmed...

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Computers Sing a Beautiful tune

Computers sing to a better tune

07/05/2011

Now, Akio Watanabe and Hitoshi Iba have turned to evolution to help them devise a novel algorithm that compares the frequency curves from real human performances and uses them to home in on a more...

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Tree rings tell a 1,100-year history of El Niño

07/05/2011

El Niño and its partner La Niña, the warm and cold phases in the eastern half of the tropical Pacific, play havoc with climate worldwide.  Predicting El Niño events more...

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Spirituality? More than 20% of atheist scientists are.

06/05/2011

Scientists think spirituality is congruent with scientific discovery, religion is not....

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NASA Selects Investigations For Future Key Planetary Mission

06/05/2011

WASHINGTON — NASA has selected three science investigations from which it will pick one potential 2016 mission to look at Mars' interior for the first time; study an extraterrestrial sea on...

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SLASH: Announces UK Headline And Festival Dates

03/05/2011

Gunners star announces UK Headline And Festival Dates Single: “Starlight” Release date: 25th July 2011, taken from the critically acclaimed album “Slash”   Exclusive...

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Kasabian Announce Intimate Warm Up Shows

03/05/2011

London 3rd May 9am 2011 – In what will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of 2011, Kasabian announce an intimate UK warm up Tour in June ahead of festival season. The multi – platinum,...

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The Rewards of Doing ‘Something’

30/04/2011

People don't really care what they're doing—just as long as they are doing something. That's one of the findings summarized in a new review article published in Current Directions...

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Public Enemy performing Fear Of A Black Planet

28/04/2011

Public Enemy performing Fear Of A Black Planet Perhaps the most infuential of all hip-hop groups return to the UK to perform one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, 'Fear Of A Black...

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Motivation plays a critical role in determining IQ

28/04/2011

  Penn research demonstrates motivation plays a critical role in determining IQ test scores. PHILADELPHIA — New psychology research at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates a...

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What can movie stars tell us about marriage?

28/04/2011

Movie stars: Is there anything they can't tell us? According to a study published in the Spring issue of the Journal of Human Capital, marriages among movie stars can help unravel the reasons why...

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The Fall – KOKO 1st June.

28/04/2011

Iconic 70s Post-Punk band THE FALL performs for THE PLAYGROUND at an exclusive London show here at KOKO. THE FALL Of all the late-'70s punk and post-punk bands, none are said to be longer-lived...

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Roger Daltrey to Perform “Tommy”

27/04/2011

ROGER DALTREY TO PERFORM THE WHO’S LEGENDARY “TOMMY” ALBUM  FROM START TO FINISH   THE SET WILL ALSO INCLUDE A VARIETY OF THE WHO’S CLASSICS AND MORE   ...

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Collective Conservation Efforts Boosted Rhino Population in Nepal

26/04/2011

Chitwan, Nepal – After three rigorous weeks of conducting the National Rhino Census in Nepal, new data on the population of greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) was formally...

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Alternative Voting Referendum in the UK

24/04/2011

It seems like the two opposing side on the issue of Alternative Voting are becoming more vociferous in their pleas to the electorate however a TNS report has shown that the NO camp has a 10 point...

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Salt sculpture

New battery produces electricity where freshwater meets saltwater

24/04/2011

Scientists are reporting development of a new battery that extracts and stores energy produced from the difference in saltiness at the point where freshwater in rivers flows into oceans....

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Deaths from drug overdose decline 35 percent after the opening of supervised injection site

23/04/2011

April 18, 2011 – Illicit drug overdose deaths declined dramatically after the establishment of North America's first supervised injection facility located in Vancouver, Canada, according to...

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Scotland’s first marine reserve already producing benefits

23/04/2011

Scotland's first fully protected marine reserve, and only the second in the UK, is already providing commercial and conservation benefits, according to new research. After only two years in...

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Free Fleet Foxes Poster with Helplessness Blues Pre-orders!

23/04/2011

Free Fleet Foxes Poster with Helplessness Blues Pre-orders! We’re going to keep this one simple: on May 3rd, Helplessness Blues,  the new and second album from Seattle's Fleet Foxes...

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Franz Ferdinand to release Covers EP

22/04/2011

  Following its release on coloured 12" vinyl as part of the Record Store Day celebrations, Domino is happy to announce the full release of Franz Ferdinand – Covers...

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Kid Congo and The Pink Monkeybirds – UK Tour

20/04/2011

Kid Congo and The Pink Monkeybirds – UK Tour Gun Club co-founder. Gunslinger for The Cramps. Six-string stylist for Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. The legendary Kid Congo Powers and his Pink...

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Deep Purple Performs with 38 Piece Orchestra

20/04/2011

DEEP PURPLE ANNOUNCE ‘THE SONGS THAT BUILT ROCK’ UK TOUR 2011 with a 38 piece orchestra   Tuesday 12th April 2011 – Deep Purple, one of the UK’s greatest rock exports,...

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Sky and Telescope Kick off 70th Anniversary with Free Sky App.

20/04/2011

Sky & Telescope magazine is releasing a new application for all Android mobile devices, S&T SkyWeek, and the publisher is making the app available to all users for free. “We thought it...

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Adam Ant announces one-off warm up show

20/04/2011

ADAM ANT & The Good, The Mad and The Lovely Posse Announce One-off Warm Up Show at London’s Bush Hall   Wednesday 20th April  –Adam Ant has today announced that he will be...

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Could black trees blossom in a world with two suns?

20/04/2011

A sky with two suns is a favorite image for science fiction films, but how would a binary star system affect life evolving on an orbiting planet? Jack O’Malley-James of the University...

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