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Not CGI, but wow, what an amazing animatronic showreel by the talented Gustav Hoegen! Gustav"s specialty is Animatronic Effects, Prosthetic Makeup Effects fo...

Pigeons & Planes is all about music discovery, supporting new artists, and delivering the best music curation online and IRL. We’re always listening.

Charlie Brooker: Maybe it's time to lay some ground rules for future users of social media, so they don't fall foul of its potential dangers

Charlie Brooker: Maybe it's time to lay some ground rules for future users of social media, so they don't fall foul of its potential dangers

When I started this blog, way back in 2006, I had no clue how long it would last. I actually had no idea I could even write about something for more than a couple of days. It is funny how things go.

The inside story of how Mitt Romney's courtship of Donald Trump became a metaphor for his whole campaign.

In a beautiful rendition of the galaxy, Google visualized 100,000 stars, starting at the sun and out to a view of the Milky Way. Start with the tour, which takes you through an overview of what the…

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David Dimbleby, BBC commentator and a presenter of current affairs and political programmes told Today presenter John Humphrys: "I can't understand why the director general of the BBC resigned."

Yesterday, Wednesday November 7, 2012, the world woke up to another victory for Barack Obama to remain President of the United States for a...

Stewart Lee: Brooks cried twice. The utopian dream of Cameron's Privilege for All overcame her a second time

DC is traffic circles, non-working fountains in some circles’ centers, jammed downtown corridors and quiet Anacostia neighborhood streets no taxi driver

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One of the creators of Elite is turning to Kickstarter to raise cash to produce an updated version of the classic video game.

The Year of Dreaming Dangerously - review.

Sitting U.S. President Ford was visiting San Francisco in 1975 when a woman attempted to shoot him. A former marine named Oliver Sipple grabbed the gun, preventing the assassination attempt. When the press began contacting him, he asked that his sexuality not be discussed. While Sipple was very active in the gay men’s scene in […]

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Gangmasters' licence is revoked and two people are arrested after claims of debt bondage, poor conditions and violence

Sky Greens Farms has opened the first commercial vertical farm in Singapore.