Winter fuel payments begin to arrive in bank accounts – what pensioners need to know … from the Independent Albert Toth
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William Hague beats Peter Mandelson to become Oxford University chancellor … from the Independent Kate Devlin
Vote clears the way for Labour grandee to become the next UK ambassador to Washington Read More
Why an Offline Nuclear Reactor Led to Thousands of Hospital Appointments Being Canceled from Wired Chris Baraniuk
Radioisotopes are a vital resource for imaging patients’ organs and tumors—but these unstable elements also suffer from an unstable supply chain.Radioisotopes are a vital resource…
Vintage Digicams Aren’t Just a Fad. They’re an Artistic Statement from Wired Brendan Nystedt
In a time when AI-powered imaging software tweaks and smooths every digital photo to appear perfect, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage…
Bored of Turkey? Here’s Some High-End, Lab-Grown Foie Gras. … from Mother Jones Matt Reynolds
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At an upscale sushi bar in New York last week, a smattering…
“Fender always presented these options in a very low-key way – it was added in very small print in the corner of one page”: Meet the vintage Jazz Bass that’s a true Fender unicorn … from Guitarworld
Could it be that this mid-’60s Jazz Bass is rare simply because people couldn’t read Fender’s small print? Well Strung Guitars owner David Davidson floats…
“It’s the old rockers’ guitar. You can wear it all night!” It weighs under 6lbs, has a honeycomb chambered body, you can swap out the pickups, and Billy Gibbons loves it – meet the Newman Honeycomb Junior GT-40 Guitar-X ‘Ultimate Billy’ … from Guitarworld
Fresh out of the Cream T Custom Shop, this high-end electric with Guitar-X pickup swapping and a honeycomb body is pointing the way to a…
“This is really emotional and personal for us”: More than $18 million of fake Gibson guitars seized by US Border Protection officers in biggest counterfeit instrument bust on record … from Guitarworld matthew.owen@futurenet.com (Matt Owen)
Over 3,000 counterfeit Gibsons – along with a handful of fake Fenders, Gretsch guitars, and PRS guitars – were seized after arriving in the US…
South Korean leader meets Ukraine delegation and calls for response to North Korean troops in Russia … from the Independent Hyung-Jin Kim
South Korea’s president has met a visiting Ukraine delegation and called for a joint response to the threat posed by North Korea’s recent dispatch of…
I’m a Celebrity’s Tulisa awkwardly forgets name of two campmates in latest trial … from the Independent Jacob Stolworthy
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Martin Lewis issues warning over Black Friday Christmas present deals … from the Independent Holly Evans
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Stereophonics drummer Jamie Morrison hospitalised minutes before gig … from the Independent Ellie Muir
Drummer’s band, 86TVs, has been forced to cancel remaining shows Read More
A “yoga pill” to end anxiety? Neuroscientists discover a brain circuit that instantly deflates stress from the LA times Deborah Vankin
A new study from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has identified a brain circuit that slows the breath to calm the mind. Read More
This L.A. couple kissed on a bridge and went viral. Now they’re getting married from the LA times Grace Xue
Trino Garcia and Adam Vasquez, a.k.a. TrinoxAdam, are breaking barriers and challenging perceptions of masculinity, sexuality and Chicano culture on social media and beyond. Read…