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The Coen Brothers Look Wryly at Their Films

06.09.2013 17:00
When Joel and Ethan Coen were growing up, they used to make Super 8 films, including remakes of Hollywood movies that they had watched on TV. Since then, the Coens have continued to let their imagination loose while ranging wide across cinematic and literary genres, drawing on pulp literature...

Women and yogurt: what's the connection?

31.08.2013 23:31
When war is seemingly looming, the environment is heading for disaster, we're growing brains in jars and everyone is spying on everyone else , it's vital that we don't lose track of the more important things in life. Like yogurt. And, perhaps more crucially, why is it supposedly only women who eat...

Dean Karnazes: the man who can run for ever

31.08.2013 23:29
From club runners to Olympians, every athlete has a limit. Scientifically, this limit is defined as the body's lactate threshold and when you exercise beyond it, running rapidly becomes unpleasant. We've all experienced that burning feeling – heart pounding, lungs gasping for air – as your muscles...

Massive canyon discovered buried under Greenland ice

31.08.2013 23:21
A vast gorge in the Earth on the same scale as the Grand Canyon lies buried under ice in Greenland, scientists have learned. The massive hidden canyon is at least 466 miles (740km) long and up to 800 metres (2,600ft) deep in places. The feature, resembling a meandering river channel, is believed...

Neolithic skull fragment discovered on banks of Avon

31.08.2013 23:19
A 5,000-year-old mystery has been sparked after part of a human skull was found on a riverbank. Archaeologists said the unbroken piece of upper skull was in "fabulous" condition with the intricate marks from the blood vessels still visible on the inner surface. There are suggestions it may...

Julian Assange told: stop using embassy to make fun of politicians

31.08.2013 23:13
Julian Assange has been told to stop using the Ecuadorean embassy in London to poke fun at Australian politicians as part of his Senate election bid, it has been reported. The South American nation's president, Rafael Correa, chastised Assange after a video appeared online in which the...

Family prepare for possible Mandela move from hospital to home

31.08.2013 22:55
PRETORIA, South Africa - Preparations are being made so that Nelson Mandela could be transferred from hospital to his own home should his condition improve, sources close to his family said Saturday. The 95-year-old democracy icon and former president of South Africa was admitted to hospital on...

Pope Francis names diplomat as secretary of state, 'deputy pope'

31.08.2013 22:53
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Saturday made the most significant appointment of his pontificate so far, naming a veteran diplomat as his secretary of state, Vatican prime minister and chief aide - a role often called the "deputy pope". Archbishop Pietro Parolin's appointment ends the era of...

Obama will seek congressional approval before any military action against Syria

31.08.2013 22:49
President Barack Obama said Saturday he will seek authorization from Congress before launching any military action against the Syrian regime for allegedly using chemical weapons in a mass killing that claimed the lives of 1,429 people. The president came to the unexpected decision during a walk...

'Child of God' star slept in caves preparing role

31.08.2013 22:22
VENICE, Italy (AP) - Scott Haze says he spent three cold months living in the mountains of Tennessee, subsisting on one piece of fish and one apple a day, and sleeping in caves to prepare for the role of serial killer Lester Ballard in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel "Child of...
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