A 3D printer has been hacked to play music from Beethoven and Mozart, along with other classical composers. Not only can the device play these tracks – it can also print out a physical representation of them. The stepper...
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Street Artists Transform Derelict Paris Nightclub Into Sprawling Gallery [Pics]
A group of world’s best street artists, including Futura, Space Invader and Sambre have been given free reign over a disused nightclub in the heart of Paris – resulting in something spectacular. Les Bains-Douches was built in 1885 and...
Literacy Campaign Messages Masquerade As Print Ads [Pics]
These posters use a clever strategy to shine a light on illiteracy in France. Created by ad agency DDB Paris for a literacy campaign in the country, they look like typical advertisements for a car, mascara, bikini, holiday, computer,...
Macala Wright: Why Mad Men Are Becoming Math Men
In our digital worlds, it is safe to say that advertising is becoming more dynamic and complicated than ever. In advertising, Mad Men are becoming Math Men. Some would say that mobile devices, technology and advanced consumer behavior have...
Book Review: The Life and Death of Stars
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter “The Life and Death of Stars” is a thorough and richly detailed book that will tell you all you want to know about stars. The...
This Week’s Best Space Photos – April 19, 2013
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter This Week’s Best Space Photos- April 19, 2013 About John Williams John Williams is owner of TerraZoom, a Colorado-based web development shop specializing in web...
Earth is the Most Exotic Place In The Universe
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter While no new elements have been found in space that aren’t also present on Earth, there are chemical compounds that are unique to other planets,...
Will Twitter’s Music App Be Any Good?
With the social media company making a lot of moves recently, it may not come as any surprise that they also have plans to launch a music app, but the question is will it be any good? Initially, the...
UK Department Store Opens David Bowie Themed Pop-Ups
The celebration of David Bowie continues in London. The newest iteration? Celebrating his unique, and sometimes shocking, style. Earlier this month, Selfridges, a UK department store, opened pop-up shops in their stores dubbed ‘David Bowie is All Yours’. The...
Kids Geiger Counter Lets Fukushima Survivors Scan For Radiation
A geiger counter that’s simple enough for children to use has been developed for the Japanese market following a spike in demand for such products as a result of the Fukushima reactor meltdown. ‘Peramos‘ (short for “personal radiation monitoring...
Device Tracks How Much Water People Drink Daily
Estonian startup Jomi Interactive is designing a device to help increase water consumption. The band fits around a water bottle and monitors your daily intake, reminding you to drink via its embedded LED lights. This development follows the increase...
El Bulli: watch the film on demand
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress, a mouth-watering documentary about the Michelin-starred Spanish restaurant is available to watch here. The HD stream of the movie is available to watch on a pay-per-view basis for £3.99. The film will be available...
Analysis: Gene swapping makes new China bird flu a moving target
Health officers examine a pigeon for H7N9 at a poultry market in Changsha, Hunan province April 7, 2013. Credit: Reuters/China Daily By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON | Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:47am EDT (Reuters) - A...
Spring walks: readers’ tips
Hedingham Castle, Essex. Photograph: Gordon Scammell/Alamy Winning tip: Hedingham Castle, Essex In the village of Castle Hedingham not only can you explore the magnificent castle but you can walk round the beautiful daffodil and bluebell-filled grounds. There are lots...
Travel news: photography tips in Andalucía and a new club for Ibiza
David Montgomery will be offering insights into image-making at a course in Andalucía. Pictured are his classic shots of Terence Stamp and Monica Vitti, and Christine Keeler. Photograph: David Montgomery/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Escapism Photographer David Montgomery, renowned for his...
Cool cottages in Derbyshire – in pictures
Orchard Cottage, Holmesfield Unlike so many so-called orchard cottages, this one (which sleeps two) does sit in its own orchard, with hens wandering among the windfalls. The interior has a mezzanine bedroom at one end and a powder-blue Rayburn...
Passport service has taken us for a ride
Readers are unhappy after using a third-party website to apply for passports. Photograph: Gary Roebuck/Alamy My girlfriend is going abroad in a month and realised yesterday that her passport had expired. She searched online for a way to renew...
Roche to commercialize Hepatitis C drug in China with Ascletis
The logo of the Swiss drugmaker Roche is seen on a factory in Burgdorf near Bern November 17, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Pascal Lauener ZURICH | Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:27am EDT (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said it...
Banana Bran Muffins
My blogging software came under attack, keeping me from publishing new posts with you. For the time being all seems to be under control and I’m happy to be able to share these muffins, though a few days later...
U.S. top court weighs patentability of human genes
People walk in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, March 24, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst By Sharon Begley NEW YORK | Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:21pm EDT (Reuters) - Soon after learning that his son had autism,...
Lab-made rat kidneys raise hopes for dialysis patients
The collagen scaffolding of a kidney, left behind after removing the cells, is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters April 12, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Ott Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine/Handout By Sharon Begley NEW...
Grand Canyon: readers’ tips
Witness the dramatic transformation of the Grand Canyon at sunrise Photo: Alamy This week's winning tip White Water The only way to get to know the Canyon properly is to explore it by joining a rafting trip and follow...
Balthazar: restaurant review
Pale reflections: other brasseries pip Balthazar for classics such as baked snails and crème brûlée. Photograph: Sophia Evans for the Observer 4-6 Russell Street, London WC2 (020 3301 1155). Meal for two, including wine and service: £120 Woo hoo!...
A new Amsterdam – and a new Rijksmuseum
Going Dutch: the remodelled Rijksmuseum. Photograph: Michael Kooren/Reuters At the medieval heart of Amsterdam is the Oude Kerk. The church, founded in 1213, is the city's oldest building, a stripped back Calvinist beauty with pearly light pouring through its...
Travel tips: grab some sunshine in Mykonos, stay in a stylish hostel, or book yourself in for a spa treatment
Getting the hang of it: San Giorgio hotel, Mykonos. Photograph: Angelos Zymaras/Stereosis Take me there: San Giorgio hotel, Mykonos Combining style, sunshine and liberal doses of hedonism, the San Giorgio hotel on Mykonos is the perfect antidote to this...
Pompeii is hottest ticket for British tourists fired up by new shows
Wall painting of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife, Pompeii. Photograph: British Museum Forget the Dordogne, Puglia and the sun-kissed beaches of Croatia – this year's hot summer destination for Britons has been inspired by a hit exhibition...
Dutch Queen reopens long-closed Rijksmuseum to cheers
By Gilbert Kreijger AMSTERDAM | Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:40am EDT (Reuters) - Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum drew thousands of visitors eager to see Rembrandt van Rijn's "The Night Watch" and other Dutch treasures after Queen Beatrix reopened the national museum...
Restaurant: Ametsa with Arzak Instruction, London SW1
Ametsa With Arzak Instruction, London SW1: Is the food any more palatable than the name? Photograph: PR shot Above our heads are what we're told are more than 7,000 test tubes full of spices – turmeric and cumin and...
Beijing reports first case of new bird flu strain
Officials from the Centre for Food Safety check chickens transported by a truck from mainland China at a border checkpoint in Hong Kong April 11, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip BEIJING | Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:32pm EDT (Reuters) -...
This Week in Space Pictures – April 12, 2013
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The Week in Space Pictures was something new we launched last week and we’re trying to improve on it with this eye-catching info graphic. Let...
New Calculations Effectively Rule Out Comet Impacting Mars in 2014
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter This computer graphic depicts the orbit of comet 2013 A1 (Siding Spring) through the inner solar system. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Near-Earth Object Office says...
Scientist Invents a Time Machine (*Wink*)
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter A production of the time machine from H.G. Wells’ famous story. Via the Austin, Texas Library. An interesting news item from Iran’s Entkhab news agency:...
FDA advisory panel to reconsider Avandia safety
A picture shows a package of the diabetes drug Avandia in a pharmacy in Berlin, July 14, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Thomas Peter By Ransdell Pierson Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:19pm EDT (Reuters) - A federal health advisory panel in June...
Pool exercise may build strength, reduce falls
Elderly residents of the Sun City retirement community swim in a pool in Sun City, Arizona, January 9, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson By Trevor Stokes NEW YORK | Fri Apr 12, 2013 5:12pm EDT (Reuters Health) - Women who...
Breathtaking Flyover of Greenland from NASA’s Operation IceBridge
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Here’s a view you don’t often see: Greenland’s glaciers from 500 meters above the ice. But this new video from NASA’s Operation IceBridge — recorded...
