February 2012
29 posts
“It takes a lot of money to look this cheap”
– Dolly Parton
Feb 29th
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Feb 29th
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Artificial meat: Hamburger junction →
Muscle grown in factories could soon be appearing in a supermarket near you
Feb 28th
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Hirsh Goodman on the future of Israel: It could be... →
Feb 27th
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How disco changed music for ever →
Disco’s 1970s heyday opened doors for black, Hispanic and gay people, and its influence lives on
Feb 25th
Feb 25th
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Light's speed limit is safe for now →
Feb 24th
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Feb 22nd
Feb 21st
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Feb 19th
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NEURONS V FREE WILL →
Feb 19th
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The dark side of the universe →
Scientists are trying to understand why the universe is running away from them
Feb 18th
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Stonehenge was based on a 'magical' auditory... →
The layout of Stonehenge matches the spacing of loud and quiet sounds created by acoustic interference, new theory claims
Feb 17th
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Shame on Europe for betraying Greece →
Capitalism is triumphant as EU states sacrifice the Greek people in a desperate attempt to appease the gods of speculation
Feb 16th
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Robot camel riders conquer the desert →
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Listen Faire 1972 
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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China: The paradox of prosperity →
For China’s rise to continue, the country needs to move away from the model that has served it so well
Feb 5th
The classes drift apart: Can the rich save the... →
Feb 5th
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Deknighting Fred Godwin does nothing for the poor:... →
Feb 3rd
Feb 3rd
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Top five regrets of the dying →
A nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying, and among the top ones is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?
Feb 2nd
January 2012
32 posts
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Pollution in China: Man-made and visible from... →
Jan 31st
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“So here are people without electronic microscopes who choose, among some 80,000...”
– Jeremy Narby - The Cosmic Serpent
Jan 30th
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Ayahuasca →
Jan 29th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 20th
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Jan 19th
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What makes a masterpiece ?  →
Matthew Cain explores music’s extraordinary effect on the human brain, and learns that many composers are now exploiting the science of music in their work. Travelling to the US, he meets Mike McReady, the creator of Hit Song Science - an algorithmic computer programme that shows how every hit song ever recorded falls into ‘hit clusters’, with many hits using the same four...
Jan 18th
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Jan 16th
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North Korea's leader will not last long, says Kim... →
Kim Jong-nam, eldest son of Kim Jong-il, describes succession as ‘a joke’ and predicts the regime will collapse in new book
Jan 15th
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Time running out for 'leap second' that has kept... →
Scientists are debating whether to stop adding a second to certain years to compensate for the Earth’s varying rotation
Jan 14th
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What are memories made of? →
Neuroscientists have discovered that memories migrate between different regions of the brain, but what do they actually consist of?
Jan 12th
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Jan 12th
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