Plymouth music charity given reprieve thanks to funds boost
An award-winning community music charity at risk of closing has been given a reprieve thanks to a last-minute funding boost. Plymouth Music Zone (PMZ) helps people of all ages and abilities get access to instruments and musicians from its music education centre in the city. Staff said it had become increasingly difficult to cover running […]
Lobsters’ deformities linked to subsea cables
BBC Deformities included a curled, puffy carapace – or outer shell Lobsters which hatch near subsea electricity cables risk developing life-limiting deformities, researchers have said. Scientists from Heriot-Watt University at St Abbs exposed lobster larvae to electromagnetism in the lab to see how it affected their development. They said exposed lobsters were three times more […]
Bedford art exhibition questions the role of AI in photography
Fergus Laidlaw/Arnab Chakravarty An AI image recreated from the description of another photo that said “smiling woman, holding a bouquet of sunflowers in front of a blue background” An art exhibition showcasing the past and future of the art of photography will also press viewers to be more “critical and informed” about the use of […]
Adidas ends ‘fight’ with Kanye West over antisemitic comments
Adidas has ended its “fight” with Kanye West over antisemitic comments he made in 2022, which scuppered the sports brand and US rapper’s “Yeezy” collaboration. Adidas discontinued the collection at the time and started selling off Yeezy stock at wholesale prices. However, on Tuesday, the firm said it had reached a settlement with Mr West […]
Poo converts CO2 to useful chemicals
BBC Dr Rhiannon Chalmers-Brown runs the research project at the steelworks Gases from the firm’s Port Talbot steelworks are mixed with tiny bacteria from sewage plant samples. The bacteria produce acetic acid, which is used to make chemicals for different industries. “Microbes have always been able to do it,” Dr Rhiannon Chalmers-Brown said. “We are […]
Stuck Brits scramble to get home after axed flights
Joel Pennington Joel Pennington (middle) and friends at the River Rhine in Dusseldorf Thousands of people have been stranded abroad after flights were cancelled, but while some wait around others are taking matters into their own hands. Joel Pennington was due to take a three-hour flight to Manchester from Germany. Since his flight was axed, […]
‘Meeting a real-life cyborg was gobsmacking’ says film director
First Born Films Neil Harbisson, who sees in black and white, says his antenna lets him “hear” colour For the past 20 years, self-declared “cyborg artist” Neil Harbisson has provoked debate with his “eyeborg” – a surgically attached antenna. Harbisson, who grew up in Barcelona, is colour blind, having been born with the rare condition […]
11 of the best TV shows to watch this November
HBO From a small-screen spinoff of the Denis Villeneuve Dune films to the return of Sharon Horgan’s Bad Sisters, these are the shows to stream this month. Peacock The Day of the Jackal Casting is the biggest lure in this action thriller, with Eddie Redmayne as an assassin-for-hire, code-named Jackal. The character first appeared in […]
China’s youngest-ever astronauts blast off from the Gobi desert
Reuters The BBC was given rare access to Jiuquan Satellite launch centre The ground vibrates beneath us as soon as the countdown ends and the spacecraft takes to the skies. Flames shoot out of the rocket launcher lighting up the Gobi Desert, which is then filled with a deafening roar. The BBC has been given […]
Should we be worried about vegan ultra-processed foods?
Getty Images Vegan diets can contain more UPFs on average – but this might not be a problem. For most people living in industrialised societies, it’s difficult to avoid ultra-processed foods altogether. My cereal is ultra-processed. So is the whiskey in my cabinet, the hot sauce in my fridge and the crisps in my backpack. […]