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Archive | May, 2008

Even rockers need glasses

Rock’n’roll legend Lou Reed has been forced to ditch his ever-present sunglasses in favour of regular specs after repeatedly tripping up on stage. Shades have played a key role in Reed’s iconic look, from his inception as the Velvet Underground’s frontman and through his long and varied solo career. But is the idea of glasses [...]

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Size matters?

The marine biology community has been awash with excitement this week as some lucky representatives of it took apart a colossal squid. Caught last year in the Ross Sea off Antarctica, the specimen is only the 10th of its kind unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of scalpel-wielding scientists. The creature’s eyes have been [...]

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