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Roundtable discussions begin on bioenergy crops

Bioenergy crops, such as Miscanthus and switchgrass, appear to be promising resources for renewable energy, but how to measure sustainability impacts....

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Off Licences at Risk

Reducing the amount of Off Licences or alcohol outlets effectively reduces the amount of alcohol people drink... or not....

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Emergency Preparation [Zombie watch]

Well designed and planned exercises are essential to ensure that the UK can respond effectively to emergencies of all kinds says emergency based research...

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UK Drug Policy Not Scientific

UKdrug policy : Government decision to promote abstinence for drug users 'is about saving money not science' ...

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Family dinners nourish good mental health

Benefits of family meals to good mental health examined in a large community sample of adolescents....

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Bacterial Life in the Mariana Trench

Highly active bacteria community exists in the sediment of the Mariana trench - even though the environment is under extreme pressure. Bacterial Life...

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Kill the flu

Working on the premise that too much of a good thing can be a killer, the scientists have advanced previous researchers' methods of manipulating an enzyme that is key to how influenza replicates and...

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Back Bears a heavy Burden

Trudging from place to place with heavy weights on our backs is an everyday reality, from schoolchildren toting textbooks in backpacks to firefighters and soldiers carrying occupational gear....

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Ocean life at Extreme Depths

James Cameron's DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition uncovers biodiversity ranging from gigantic amoebas and crustaceans to swimming sea cucumbers at extreme depths. ...

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Cockroach Robotics

Running cockroaches start to recover from being shoved sideways before their dawdling nervous system kicks in to tell their legs what to do, researchers have found....

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“Cities can cut greenhouse emissions by 70%”

Cities around the world can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by implementing aggressive but practical policy changes....

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Caring friends can save the world

Research shows that "wanting to improve the world starts with teens caring about their friends, Concordia research shows."...

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We Are All Dead Now [Stephen Jones]

Zombie Apocalypse threatens imminently. SWP composes the soundtrack....

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Janet LaBelle : New Jersey, Pizza and Punk Pop

'it could take years…or even a lifetime to write anything you think is ever any good'...

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Becoming Picasso : Courtauld Gallery

Picasso responded immediately to the art and culture that surrounded him in Paris – in the first part of 1901 he devoured the sights and excitement of the city and its artists. In the second part...

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Finding Chicago’s food gardens with Google Earth

Urban agriculture is promoted as a strategy for dealing with food insecurity, stimulating economic development, and combating diet-related health problems in cities....

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James Cameron new eco-film revealed

Trees and the insects that eat them wage constant war. Insects burrow and munch; trees deploy lethal and disruptive defenses in the form of chemicals....

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HIV protection gel!

Vaginal microbicide gel may offer a promising strategy for prevention and protection against HIV transmission....

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Hanging Offence: Degree Art

Certain elements of the Art World feel the need to exclude others by making them feel unworthy of enjoying it. Great art will never require smoke and mirrors to achieve its deserved attention....

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A Case For Culture

The arts can engage everyone. Most of all, surely, we want those who may not otherwise be able to join in, to find the world of art available and open to them - whether for simple enjoyment or for...

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Hoxton (Alco) Hall

'mysterious ‘Negro delineators’, trapeze artists, jugglers, singers, performing dogs and the like', Hoxton Hall has moved with the times since 1863....

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Grapefruit Kills

'Adverse effects include sudden death, acute kidney failure, respiratory failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, bone marrow suppression' Headsup on grapefruit/prescription drug combinations....

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Singapore’s Affordable Art

I’ve been slowly unraveling the mazes of subtle complexities in the art world here, and one of the first events to land on Singaporean soil as I did was the Affordable Art Fair....

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Zionist Heckles Answered

Why should the neighbors of the Zionist state be forced to live on their knees and give perpetual penitence because of the crimes of the anti-Semites of Europe? ...

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Mayan Prophesy Fail

'soil loss could eventually have undercut the Maya's ability to grow food'. Ancient Mayans may have foretold our civilisation's doom, but they failed to foresee their own....

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The Vudu Experiment: Pt. 2

'INTENT: to contact the Loa in order to gain advice/empowerment for dealing with the current, and worsening, crisis in the economy.' SWP consults the tarot for political inspiration...

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Panic Room: On Songwriting

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”S/dropcapwansea’s Panic Room are one of British rock’s best-kept secrets. Over the past few years they’ve built up a loyal...

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The Vudu Experiment

Words have power whether intended or not. It is no coincidence that a venture named Sub Prime was the tipping point for the onset of this particular disaster....

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Fontanelle: Vitamin F

For a devout cadre of vinyl record owning, real ale drinking, herbal cigarette smoking losers Jazz fusion is the pinnacle of music. ...

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Mitra Tabrizian: Another Country

Characters and places that seem to be taken from a parallel universe; an alien world full of familiar objects and people. Only, those people seem strangely detached and isolated, frozen in artificial...

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