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• US Treasure Hunters Find WWII Shipwreck Laden with Silver Worth £150 Million

  

  A British ship which was torpedoed by the Germans in 1941 has been discovered by US treasure hunters. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Straightening out Gay Characters in Young Adult Books is Horrifying

  

  “YA Authors Asked to ‘Straighten’ Gay YA Characters” said the headline in The Guardian on 14th September. Reading that a (then unnamed) major literary agency... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Is Human Centipede 2 the Sickest Film Ever?

  

  Part of the Human Centipede 2 poster Extreme horror sequel Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence won’t be seen in the Britain since the British Board of Film... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• UARS Satellite Re-Enters the Atmosphere

  

  UARS: coming to an Earth near you. Photocredit: Wikipedia Are we all doomed – again? This time it isn’t the financial crisis, it’s Asterix’s greatest fear –... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Cash for Olympic Gold Scandal Floors Boxing, Roughs up London 2012

  

  Just how bent is amateur boxing? Can an (oil-rich) country like Azerbaijan buy London 2012 gold medals? A BBC Newsnight investigation suggests so. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CURRENT, OTHER SPORTS, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Scarface Remake: Say Hello to a New Little Friend

  

  Scarface, starring Al Pacino, is a film known for its glamorised violence and decadence. Meant to reflect its times, it was itself a remake of a Thirties film.... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Can Things Travel Faster Than Light? Possibly.

  

  The entire world could be shaken to its foundations, as physicists claim to have observed certain particles travelling faster than the speed of light. So was ol... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 CURRENT, PHYSICS, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Meet Boo, the World’s Cutest Dog (who Has 1.8 Million Facebook Fans and a Book...

  

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  Posted on 23 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MEDIA, VIRAL

• Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Second Trailer Drops

  

  Could David Fincher's Girl With the Dragon Tattoo remake turn out to be even better than the original Swedish film? Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Troy Davis is Dead but the Death Penalty Debate is Alive and Kicking

  

  Troy Davis has been executed despite multiple questions marks being raised about his trial. Can the death penalty live on? Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Kids Win Prizes: Somali Radio Station Gives out Guns

  

  What would you expect as a prize for a children’s competition? Sweets? Almost definitely. A day out at the cinema? Probably. But an AK-47? Surely not. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Are Users Happy with New Facebook?

  

  Mark Zuckerberg's social network, Facebook, is changing as it faces growing pressure from other websites such as Google+. But why must it change so often? And... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, SOCIETY, TECH

• R.E.M Splits Up

  

  Michael Stipe of REM Photocredit turtlemom4bacon http://www.flickr.com/photos/turtlemom_nancy/595870795/sizes/m/in/photostream/ The rock band REM, known for... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SOCIETY

• Justin Bieber’s Baby, as Interpreted by the American Marines in Afghanistan

  

  The Marines behind Montage 2.0. Photo credit: YouTube Being an American Marine in Afghanistan isn’t fun – it’s hot, it’s dusty, and there are a lot of people... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Julian Assange’s Unauthorised Autobiography: The Leaker, Leaked

  

  The cover of Julian Assange's Unauthorised Autobiography Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, the website that publishes huge amounts of hitherto secret... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 BOOKS, CURRENT, MEDIA, SOCIETY

• Forest Boy: Hero Or Hapless?

  

  Do we know anything about Forest boy, the seventeen-year old English speaker who turned up in Berlin two weeks ago? And why does his story have such a hold on... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Atlasgate: Times Atlas Must Be Pulped for Ice Error

  

  Greenland from space. Photocredit: NASA Goddard Photo and Video http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/4384863591/sizes/m/in/photostream/ There are red faces all... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Clash of the Titans: Google+ v. Facebook

  

  Google+ = the future? The gauntlet is thrown down, the gloves are off; the two mighty leviathans of the internet are facing up to each other in a battle that’s... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Palestine’s Bid for Statehood: Is a Crisis Coming?

  

  As Palestine prepares its bid for statehood, the US threatens to veto it. Will there be a diplomatic crisis, or worse, as Israel threatens harsh consequences? Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Following in the Footsteps of Jack Kerouac in Oaxaca, Mexico

  

  Where the adventure starts in Southwestern Mexico's State of Oaxaca Long gone are the days in which Beat writer Jack Kerouac rumbled through Mexico in his searc... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY