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Are selfies a terrible thing?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are selfies a terrible thing?

...become an everyday, routine activity. Given these social pressures on women it’s easy to assume that filtered selfies or selfie editing is just about “fixing” what women don’t like about the way they look. #ad Hey Guys! LuMee cases are featured today as Amazon’s Prime Deal of the Day. Best deal ever! #PrimeDay #LuMee amzn.to/29kDDyJ A post shared by Kim...
How the ZX Spectrum and ZX81 shaped Frank Sidebottom
History & The Arts

How the ZX Spectrum and ZX81 shaped Frank Sidebottom

...becomes increasingly unreadable. Once again, the game’s B-side is even more interesting than the A-side. It has eight Sievey songs, as well as the debut of his most famous creation, Frank Sidebottom. Frank, the inspiration for a 2014 film, was a papier-mâché headed wannabe pop star, who lived with his mum near Manchester. A cult clownish hero, Frank’s Oh Blimey Big...
Introducing the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematical
History & The Arts

Introducing the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematical

...becoming public is owing; for when he had obtained of me my demonstrations of the figure of the celestial orbits, he continually pressed me to communicate the same to the Royal Society, who afterwards, by their kind encouragement and entreaties, engaged me to think of publishing them. But after I had begun to consider the inequalities of the lunar motions, and had entered...
What would the proposed deal mean for EU citizens?
Society, Politics & Law

What would the proposed deal mean for EU citizens?

...become British citizens, the piece of paper they have been worrying about – their residency document – will be worth nothing. They are “invited” to go through a similar, albeit potentially less painful, process again. The government is promising reasonable costs, but no freebies. It is also promising a streamlined process, but no acceptance of the current...
How do rules on contamination limit our ability to explore space?
Science, Maths & Technology

How do rules on contamination limit our ability to explore space?

...become derelict in orbit it might eventually crash into Enceladus – a moon of Saturn now realised to have a watery interior that is eminently habitable for microbes. By similar reasoning, NASA’s first Jupiter orbiter Galileo was made to burn up in the planet’s atmosphere in 2003 rather than risk a future crash into its microbially habitable moon Europa. The same...
Heritage in war
History & The Arts

Heritage in war

...becomes increasingly complicated; is a possible course of action an alternative if it would prevent damage to cultural property, but increase the risk of casualties? [The image was taken during the war in 1992 in Sarajevo in the partially destroyed National Library. The cello player is local musician Vedran Smailović. ] The partially destroyed National Library in...
Trump and Kim might get together, but the two Koreas are unlikely to reunite
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and Kim might get together, but the two Koreas are unlikely to reunite

...becomes more and more dominated by the relationship between two superpowers, North Korea may once again look play China off against its principal rival, as it did in the 1960s after the Sino-Soviet split. In so doing, Kim can reap the maximum benefit in terms of economic, political, and potentially military aid – all of which will in turn help him retain power even as...
How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?
Science, Maths & Technology

How might COVID-19 affect cancer patients at different stages of their disease?

...becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 if their immune system is weak after treatment. Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 during hospital visits – the healthcare team might look at how the treatment is administered in order to reduce hospital visits. Benefits of cancer treatment include: curing or delaying the progression of the cancer lowering the chance of the cancer coming back...