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• Usain Bolt’s Lightning Fast Lifestyle in Images

  

  Usain Bolt in action. Photo credit: Pirano Bob R http://flic.kr/p/7279jr The background Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is undoubtedly the biggest star competing i... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 ATHLETICS, SPORTS

• Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake’s Red-hot Sprinting Rivalry Set to Light up London...

  

  Bolt versus Blake is being talked up as the greatest sprint rivalry since Carl Lewis versus Ben Johnson in 1988. The Jamaicans will go head-to-head in the 100... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 ATHLETICS, SPORTS

• ‘Football’s Philosopher King’ Joey Barton Launches His Own Website and It’s...

  

  JoeyBarton.com, website of Joey Barton The background Queens Park Rangers’ ex-captain Joey Barton may be serving a lengthy 12-match ban (for his violent meltdow... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson Are to Face Charges Over Phone Hacking

  

  The final edition of The News of the World, which was shuttered after new hacking allegations came to light. Photo credit: Archie Thomas The background Rebekah... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Create Jellyfish From Rat Hearts

  

  The medusoid. Photo credit: Caltech/Harvard University. The background Scientists have created an artificial jellyfish using rat hearts and silicone. The... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Top Five Crazy Stories from London 2012

  

  Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville The background The Olympics: an event that showcases sporting glory, physical feats unimaginable to most and the... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 SPORTS

• Boris Johnson’s London 2012 Olympic Games Welcome, as Brought to You by...

  

  London Mayor Boris Johnson Cassetteboy describe themselves as “two tits” who “cut up stuff” and “use little bits to their advantage.” Their slick mash-up... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Viral Video: Door Frame-scaling Toddler Amazes Parents, Wows YouTube

  

  The internet is mildly obsessed with footage of three-year-old Sofya Dickson climbing up door-frames. Could this be the start of a new door frame climbing... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 HUMOR, VIRAL

• Sally Ride, First US Woman in Space, Dies at 61

  

  Sally Ride with fellow astronauts abroad Challenger in 1983. Photo credit: NASA. The background Sally Ride, the first US woman in space, has died at 61 from... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 ASTRONOMY, CURRENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Viral Video: View from the International Space Station at Night

  

  Planet Earth Every frame in this sensational video is a photograph taken from the International Space Station. Photographer Knate Myers, who specialises in... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE, VIRAL

• Lives on the Line: Life Expectancy at Birth and Child Poverty as a London Tube...

  

  Lives on the Line map. Lives on the Line: Life Expectancy at Birth and Child Poverty as a Tube Map is the work of James Cheshire,a lecturer at the UCL Centre fo... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Children at Dark Knight Midnight Massacre in Colorado, Observers Say ‘Stop...

  

  Aurora, Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes. A man claiming to be The Joker opened fire on a theater full of men, women and children during the midnight... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Microsoft’s ‘BIG BOOBS’ Coding Gaffe; is the Coding Community Immature and...

  

  Computer keyboard. Photo credit: DeclanTM on flickr The background There are some red faces at Microsoft after it emerged that a coder working for the company... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, TECH

• Toni Morrison Gives New Voice to Desdemona

  

  Tina Benko and Rokia Traore perform Desdemona. Photo credit: Pascal Victor, courtesy of Oberon Books. “My mother had a maid called Barbary, She was in love,... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, THEATRE & OPERA

• UK Government to Name and Shame Tax Avoiders

  

  Tax avoidance to become a thing of the past? The background The UK government plans to ‘name and shame’ tax avoiders by forcing financial firms to disclose thei... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Who Gains from London 2012?

  

  Olympic president Jacques Rogge praised Games organisers for creating a 'legacy'. But some commentators are sceptical that there will be any benefits for... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• Nick Clegg’s Openness to a Lib/Lab Alliance Plunges the Coalition into Crisis,...

  

  David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Photo credit: The Cabinet Office The background Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg’s declared this weekend that he would be... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• First Trailer Released for Superman: Man of Steel

  

  Image from new Superman: Man of Steel poster. Image credit: Warner Bros. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s the very first trailer for Superman reboot Man... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Nexus 7, Google’s First Tablet, is a Hit with Reviewers and Consumers

  

  Google’s Nexus 7, seven inches of perfection? Photo credit: Mackarus http://flic.kr/p/7C2Mdh The background Google has halted new orders for its 16GB Nexus 7... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 GADGETS, TECH

• Gun Control in Sights After Colorado Massacre at Batman Screening

  

  Will gun control enter America’s political debate? The background America is reeling from a movie theater shooting that left 12 people dead and 58 wounded. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY