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US government burying head deeper in sand on climate change
Enlarge It’s no secret that President Trump came into office rejecting the conclusions of the vast majority of the world’s scientists when it comes to our changing climate. But it wasn’t clear how that would translate to policy. At least some of his advisors, as well as his daughter, accept the conclusions of the scientific […]
This Huge Sand Tiger Shark Ain’t Got No Time for Puny Fish
Tanya Houppermans dove headlong into a school of fish and came face-to-face with a shark. https://media.wired.com/photos/5983a4c927785544a2aeb967/master/pass/SharkCHOMP_01.jpg Feed: All Latest
Clostridium difficile infection WARNING over children’s sand pits harbouring superbug
SAND play pits harbour the emerging superbug C. diff that causes stomach upsets and diarrhoea and in rare cases damages the gut, a new study found. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Sand worms and lightning: Aven Colony takes city-building to exoplanets
Enlarge (credit: NASA/Getty Images) Humans have consumed our world’s resources as if they were infinite. Earth remains, however, a finite planet. Without significant structural and behavioural change—the sort that is difficult to effect en masse— the long-term consequences of our self-sabotaging choices appear grave. In a forthcoming BBC documentary titled Expedition New Earth the English […]
Theatre Reviews: La Strada, The Mikado and Sand In The Sandwiches
Sally Cookson’s adaptation of La Strada is not a full-scale musical in the manner of Lionel Bart’s version, which ran for one night in 1969 on Broadway. Benji Bower’s melodies establish atmosphere rather than crystallising emotion or advancing the plot. Devoid of Fellini’s magical images the drama seems slight and, in its final stages, both […]
Pixel Sand Lets You Become The Mad Scientist You’ve Always Dreamed Of
Pixel Sand puts the power in the player’s hands by allowing them to mix elements to create powerful concoctions – all the way to a nuclear bomb. You can use these powers in the campaign mode to help the hero, Vurhne, remove obstacles and obtain ultimate power for “no good reason at all”. Pixel Sand […]
Star Wars Bits: The Best of SWCO, Hayden Christensen’s Thoughts on Sand, Vader’s Spa, and More
In this Celebration-centric edition of Star Wars Bits: An official video recapping the best moments of Celebration 2017. Hayden Christensen’s true feelings about sand. An announcement about the return of the Vintage Collection of toys. Darth Vader nearly had his own spa on Mustafar in Rogue One. And more! Star Wars Celebration Orlando was a huge success, and while […]
An improbable global shortage: sand
INDIA’S “sand mafia” is doing a roaring trade. The Times of India estimates that the illicit market for sand is worth around 150bn rupees ($ 2.3bn) a year; at one site in Tamil Nadu alone, 50,000 lorryloads are mined every day and smuggled to nearby states. Gangs around the country frequently turn to violence as […]
Who needs concrete? Short film shows skateboarders riding on frozen sand and ice
A sport traditionally conducted on concrete or blacktop, skateboarding has made its way to surfaces like sand or ice in the zany world of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater video game franchise. Now, a group of four skaters have applied this insanity to the real world by taking to the extremely frozen tundra of Norway to skate on nothing […]
