As you can guess from the video my favourite story is the discovery of an early robot design in Leeds. He looks so much like Robby from the Forbidden Planet or the Volkite Robots from 1950s series Undersea Kingdom. Plenty of great news to beat the Monday Blues: UK Relaxes rules for Blood Donations for Gay […]
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Great news today as we see another step forward in research into dementia. While not the only good health news today it is something close to home for many fantasy and science fiction fans. Happy Hump Day folks 🙂 Molecule clears Alzheimers Plaque in Mice 3 UK Teachers in World Top Teacher Final Johns Hopkins […]
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Thanks for bearing with us. It’s all go here at Chez Nomad as crazy decorating and building work ahead of the arrival of the twins. Big news today is obviously around sports. With R2BC being a, primarily, UK Focused blog we are cheering at a wide variety of victories but top of the list has […]
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Landmark ruling in India says Unwed Mother can be Guardian Fidel Castro makes Rare Appearance Social Start-Up Helping Homeless in US Forth Bridge given World Heritage Status Champagne Granted World Heritage Status Man rescues 2 people from Burning Plane Man airlifted to safety after breaking leg in Orkney Pine Martens more common in Northern Ireland […]
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Tuareg Rebels sign Peace Deal Meningitis B Vaccine to be offered to babies in UK Fish Tank Pump helping save Premature Babies South African CEOs sleeping Rough for Charities Anti-Corruption Protester Cheered in Guatemala UK Adopts Hague Convention UK Small Business Confidence ‘Robust’ UK Government Borrowing Fell in May £11m Boost to Welsh Social Enterprises […]
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US Net Neutrality rules to Go Ahead Mexican Supreme Court Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage Philae Comet Lander Wakes Up Historic Nepalese Sites to reopen after Quake US & Venezuela in High Level Talks Spider, thought extinct, found on Dorset Reserve 1st Penis Transplant Recipient to become Father British Apprentices to receive Legal Protection Pakistan Reverses decision […]
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Interesting news as conversations start about how Minecraft is helping with the treatment of autism. For fans of video games this may not be a massive surprise after the success of the Little Big Planet franchise with autistic children. It’s wonderful to see games and gaming in the news for a genre other than FPS […]
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European Parliament to back EU-Wide eCall Emergency System Thousands race to cover Mali Mosque in Mud New York state dims lights to save Migrating Birds New Orchard spurring UK Pear Industry Revival How Climbers are being evacuated from Everest Spitfire sale could fetch £2.5m Pepsi to drop Aspartame Ofcom Cracks Down on TV Phone Ins’ […]
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A lot gets said about government u-turns and usually in the negative but, on a day when Australia gets reported as the worst performer on climate change, I have to say that Australia donating to the UN Climate Fund is good to hear. That said, my favourite story has to be, after the news, that […]
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Another amazing day for medical research stories from Augmented Reality cancer goggles, a Kenyan boy surviving having a bullet removed from his brain, to the latest in lab grown organs. Goggles help to detect cancer cells Kenyan boy discharged from Hospital after brain surgery Doctors implant lab-grown vaginas Aid workers rescued in Somalia LHC spots […]
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