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• Tired of All Those Adorable Babies? Unbaby Your Internet!

  

  Tired of all these adorable babies crowding your Facebook? Now there’s help. Photo credit: Shutterstock Babies are great and all, but sometimes you just don’t... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Gemma Gibbons Wins Britain’s First Judo Medal, Commentator Appalled by Ladies...

  

  Gemma Gibbons wins silver medal in Judo. Photo credit: Team GB British Judoka Gemma Gibbons grappled her way through adversity and a host of opponents to take... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• London: The Modern Babylon Fires up Critics with Its Kaleidoscopic Footage

  

  A still from London: A Modern Babylon The background London: The Modern Babylon is Julien Temple’s new documentary about, you guessed it, London. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Can Super Mario Save the Euro – Or is This More Posturing from the European...

  

  Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank: Poser or strongman? The background European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is willing to use the... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Ann Romney’s Horse Fails to Offend the British, Unlike Her Husband Mitt

  

  Ann Romney (left) and her horse, sorry husband, Mitt. Photocredit: Maria Dryfhout at Shutterstock.com The background Mitt Romney may have made a terrible... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Vertigo Named Best Film Ever; Topples Citizen Kane

  

  FIlm poster for Vertigo The background For the last 50 years, Citizen Kane has topped Sight and Sound magazine’s list of best films. Now it’s been toppled – by... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Olympics Leave London Empty

  

  A tube train. Traffic chaos has largely been absent from London. Photocredit: Alex Kosev at Shutterstock The background Travel and the Olympics are two topics... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Jared Diamond v. Mitt Romney: Academic Shames Presidential Hopeful for...

  

  Academic Jared Diamond questions whether Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney had even read his book after the candidate referenced it in some widely... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• ‘Dinosaurs, on a Spaceship!’ Doctor Who Series Seven Trailer Has Fans Revved up...

  

  It's a Western! With dinosaurs! On a spaceship! the whizz-bang new trailer for series seven of Doctor Who hit the internet Thursday and boy howdy, are people... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Fifty Shades of Grey Generator Means You Can Write a Novel, Too

  

  The background Oh, you haven’t heard of it? There’s this novel called, er, Fifty Shades of Grey by E L James, which started out as fan-fiction and ended up... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Hans Rausing Kept Wife’s Body for Two Months; Others Have Done the Same

  

  Eva Rausing. Photo: http://youtu.be/ZT_bf-l6rVM The background TetraPak heir Hans Rausing this week confessed that he’d been unable to cope with the reality of... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman is Fizzy and Fun, Say Critics

  

  Novelist Ned Beauman: Fun and clever. Photocredit: Arc Quarterly The background Young writer Ned Beauman’s second novel, The Teleportation Accident, has been... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Climate Change Behind Recent Extreme Weather in US, Global Warming Deniers...

  

  UN scientists told Congress that recent droughts in the US were caused by mand-made global warming. The background The US has been bedeviled by a series of frea... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY, WEATHER

• Shakespeare’s First Folio to Be Digitised in Bodleian Library Campaign

  

  Shakespeare’s First Folio. Photocredit: Tripadvisor The background It’s high time for Shakespeare fans: Oxford University’s Bodleian Libraries is going to put... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Chinese Badminton Coach Apologises Over Scandal; Yu Yang Announces She’s Quitting

  

  Yu Yang, one of the disqualified players. Photocredit: ITN The background Li Yongbo, China’s head badminton coach, has apologised after his two top players... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2012 SPORTS

• London 2012: Bert Le Clos, Father of Swimmer Chad Le Clos, is the World’s...

  

  Bert Le Clos. Photo credit: BBC The background Surprise results are an exciting feature of any Olympic Games and London 2012 has already thrown up its fair shar... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 HUMOR, SPORTS, VIRAL

• London 2012: Bert Le Cros, Father of Swimmer Chad Le Cros, is the World’s...

  

  Bert Le Cros. Photo credit: BBC The background Surprise results are an exciting feature of any Olympic Games and London 2012 has already thrown up its fair shar... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 HUMOR, SPORTS, VIRAL

• Microsoft Replaces Hotmail with Outlook, Tech Crowd Go Wild

  

  Outlook: The new Hotmail The background Microsoft is set to relaunch webmail service Hotmail as Outlook.com, in a revamp that aims to “reimagine email”,... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 TECH

• Microsoft Replaces Hotmail with Outlook

  

  Outlook: The new Hotmail The background Microsoft is set to relaunch webmail service Hotmail as Outlook.com, in a revamp that aims to “reimagine email”,... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 TECH

• Mitt Romney’s World Tour: Success Or Disaster?

  

  The Republican candidate's London visit earned him the nickname 'Mitt the Twit' but some commentators say Romney's gaffe-strewn foreign trip was a success. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY