Category: Feeling good
12 amazing alternative choices for your Christmas playlist
Christmas is coming, so prepare your aural senses for a bombardment of the same selection of Christmas songs we hear every year on repeat. If you want to mix things up a little this year, and have a party playlist that's not exactly the same as everyone else's, here are our top 12 choices. R2D2 We Wish…
New system makes spray-on solar panels a reality
Electrical engineers in Canada have developed a new, easy way to add solar panels to flexible surfaces. Illan Kramer is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto and IBM Canada's Research and Development Centre. He and his colleagues found that using tiny, light-sensitive materials called colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) could make spray-on solar cells…
10 Christmas presents inspired by our favourite shows
Want to get something for the box-set binger in your life, but aware they've already got every episode ever made, including the blooper reel? Not to worry, thanks to production companies recognising the enduring appeal (and money-spinning potential) of merch, you have lots of other options, whether a programme's still on air (or Netflix) or…
The 17 stages of Serial addiction
Because we're just as hooked as the rest of you... Stage 1: Sweet oblivion Have they brought out a new type of Rice Krispies or what? Stage 2: Curiosity Ok, you're vaguely interested. You've heard people mention Cereal eight times in the last half hour and been too embarrassed to admit you've no idea…
Psych yourself up with our Black Friday playlist
So, it's Black Friday: that horrifying post-Thanksgiving day of hysteria and mad scrambling for the sales which has somehow osmosed into British society from America. The term 'Black Friday' originates from the city of Philadelphia, where swarms of frantic pedestrians would cause massive disruptions to traffic. Another explanation, according to Wikipedia, is that retailers traditionally operated…
There are even Black Friday deals on marijuana in the U.S
Although a recent bandwagon-hopping trend in the UK, in the U.S Black Friday is a long-established tradition: a chance for Christmas shoppers to snap up bargains while the memory of a delicious turkey dinner keeps them warm. Like Boxing Day sales, only with an air of anticipation rather than depression. And it turns out those…
The University of York just sent a rubber duck to space
After a successful campaign on the university's own crowdfunding site, the uni of York's AstroSoc sent a rubber duck to the edge of space on a weather balloon. As well a fun experiment in pushing bath toys to the limit, the stunt was designed to increase interest in astronomy during Science Week. Christened AstroDuck, the GoPro-equipped quacker took off…
Top 12 Christmas gifts for gamers
Buying for gamers can be tricky, especially if you're not one yourself. Whether they play on PC, console or mobile, we've got you covered for presents a whole lot more impressive than the default strategy guide. Even better, they're all available now (or in the next week) and in the UK. Shop away. [nextpage title="Next"]…
The Nutshell pod gives you privacy at work (and makes you seem weird)
Now here’s what I call multi-tasking: not only does the Nutshell isolation pod give you time out when the world around you gets too much, but it also makes you look like a complete weirdo. (I’m guessing fans of the Ostrich pillow will be rushing to snap one up.) Designed by Eden Lew, a masters…
Caught out! Facebook can tell which of your friends are UKIP supporters
They may have just won two byelections and gained their first parliamentary seats, but there's still a certain... stigma attached to being an out-and-proud UK Independence Party (UKIP) supporter. But Facebook's all-seeing eye means that there is an easy way of discovering the truth (because Facebook is a trusted source, obviously). As Political Scrapbook has found, there's a…
