The Original Banksy

from The New York Post The epic rise and disgusting flameout of the artist who ruled 80s New York By Raquel Laneri Richard Hambleton / Courtesy of Storyville Films and Motto Pictures In the early 1980s, a series of shadowy street paintings — life-size monsters and...

Lonely Cities

from The Week Will the high-tech cities of the future be utterly lonely? by Jessica Brown Maciej Bledowski / Alamy Stock Photo Humans are inherently social animals, and our health suffers if we’re cut off from social ties. So it’s no wonder the so-called...

Buy a dose, get a brain…

from The Independent First evidence found that LSD produces ‘higher’ level of consciousness, scientists claim However the increased brain activity detected is not actually ‘better’, according to the researchers by Ian Johnston The cover of the...

Asteroid Time Machines

from New Scientist Rocks of ages: How meteorites reveal the solar system’s history Clever ways to find more space debris, and pinpoint where it came from, will help us rewrite what we know about the solar system’s turbulent youth By Sophia Chen Shutterstock A...

Dream Center Discovered

from The Guardian Scientists identify parts of brain involved in dreaming Experts say findings are ‘astounding’ and could help understand the purpose of dreams and predict whether people are dreaming by Nicola Davis Coloured sagittal MRI scans of the human brain....

Probert’s Ashes Sent To Penalty Box

from The Washington Post NHL enforcer Bob Probert’s widow sprinkled his ashes in Red Wings’ penalty box By Des Bieler Bob Probert carved out a fearsome reputation as an enforcer, during a lengthy career spent with the Red Wings and Blackhawks, before dying of a heart...