Michael Stipe Talks About the Greatest Band You’ve Never Heard of, in Limbo District
“I thought I was in a hippie cowboy town,” Michael Stipe says of his first months as an art student in Athens, Georgia. “I was an urban punk rocker, and Athens looked like beige and granola; it took me a while to find ‘my people. ’” But in 1979, after Stipe’s night shift at the… Read More »
Mum, 34, framed innocent woman after being caught driving uninsured van on M62
A mother-of-two was caught driving an uninsured van and framed for a murder. Juliann Quilligan, 28, gave the false name Rebecca Williams after police stopped her Mitsubishi L200 towing a trailer on the M62. She then remained silent when the victim was unknowingly given eight penalty points on her licence. Miss Williams, 34, discovered she… Read More »
This artist prints photos onto live plants instead of using film
unknown content item – Spanish artist Almudena Romero knew she loved plants from a young age: “I must have been four or five years old – my grandmother would call me and say, ‘What do you want for your birthday?’ And I would say an olive tree.” Now featured in exhibitions in London (at the… Read More »
Trends in ultra-processed food consumption among young people in the UK show regional and socioeconomic differences
In a recently published study European Journal of NutritionResearchers are investigating levels and patterns of ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption in a representative sample of adolescents in the UK. To work: Ultra-processed food consumption in adolescents in England: distribution, trends and sociodemographic correlates using the National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008/09–2018/19. Image Credit: Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com… Read More »
Art inspired by democracy and the despots who overthrew it
There should be no place on earth that has more authority to speak of democracy’s enduring appeal than the place that first posited it. But a new art exhibition in Athens seems wary of touting its reputation. You have to walk all the way to the end of the National Gallery of Greece’s exhibition, past… Read More »
Meet some of the cleanest pigs in the world, bred to grow kidneys and hearts for humans
BLACKSBURG, Virginia (AP) — Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out visitors to their nondescript barn may represent the future of organ transplantation — and there’s no wallowing in mud involved. The first gene-edited pig organs transplanted into humans came from animals born on this private research farm in the Blue Ridge Mountains. To enter the… Read More »
How the CIA ‘hijacked’ the Soviet moon rover during the space race
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: Keystone/Getty Images The space race between the United States and the former Soviet Union was in full acceleration mode in the late 1950s and progressed into the 1960s. The struggle between these two countries gave extra momentum to… Read More »
Signs of life may be found on the Solar System’s moons Enceladus and Europa
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. (Left) Jupiter’s moon Europa during a close flyby of NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its mission on September 29, 2022. (Right) Enceladus as captured by the Cassini spacecraft. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY 3.0/ If… Read More »
7-Day Gut Health Diet Created by a Dietitian
While gut health may seem like a trend at first, it’s here to stay. Words like probiotics, prebiotics, fermented foods, microbiome, microbiota, and gut bacteria have entered everyday conversations, and for good reason! Research like the 2022 review European Journal of Clinical Nutritionnoted that a healthy gut microbiome has many surprising health benefits beyond aiding… Read More »