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Published on Thursday, 14 May 2009 09:39 | | 
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The latest rumour about the singing star Susan Boyle is that she was turned away from joining a local choir just weeks before her sensational success on 'Britain’s Got Talent'.
This had nothing to do with
her talent, but was simply because the choir was full, due to a surge
in popularity of group singing.
Choirs are experiencing a renaissance. And as more and more people join up, the benefits of this new hobby are being noticed by the medical profession, with people reporting all sorts of health improvements. Singing involves breathing in a different way, which increases the airflow, so helps with lung and cardiovascular problems. It also encourages a natural high, counteracting stress and depression.
Published on Thursday, 14 May 2009 11:39 | | |
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Richard Dawkins is doing religion a favour, argues Shambhala Buddhist Ed Halliwell — by exposing faith and spirituality to criticism, he paves the way for their renewal
I doubt it was his intention, but in 100 years time Richard Dawkins could be hailed as a prime architect of 21st-century religion.
Though strident to the point of comic fundamentalism, the New Atheist diatribe has not only laid bare the irrationalities of believers, but forced those of us who favour scientific-spiritual accommodation to sharpen our arguments.
And that can only aid the development of spiritual forms fit for the modern world.
Published on Sunday, 17 May 2009 19:00 | |
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Not only is laughter a great tonic, argues evolutionary theorist Alastair Clarke, it also plays a vital role in the development of our intellectual, perceptual and problem-solving abilities
Published on Monday, 11 May 2009 19:00 | | |
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NASA's Kepler spacecraft has begun its search for other Earth-like worlds. The mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 6, will spend the next three-and-a-half years staring at more than 100,000 stars for telltale signs of planets. Kepler has the unique ability to find planets as small as Earth that orbit sun-like stars at distances where temperatures are right for possible lakes and oceans. READ MORE
Published on Sunday, 10 May 2009 19:00 | |
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Fancy a bite of these yummy marzipan babies?
Published on Saturday, 09 May 2009 19:00 | | |
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I live in a tree-starved street off the King’s Road in central London, writes Julia Stephenson.
The area is full of shoe shops, clothes shops and estate agents, but despite our fancy post-code we are desperately short of trees.
But this may soon change, for Mayor Boris Johnston has just unveiled a plan to ensure that arboreally deprived boroughs like mine will be the happy recipient of the 10,000 trees he has pledged to plant in London.
For details of how to can suggest a tree is planted in your street click here.
Published on Friday, 08 May 2009 19:00 | |
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Holistic doctor Frank Lipman believes we’re in the grip of
an exhaustion epidemic and offers some valuable tips on how to re-energise.