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Published on Saturday, 06 September 2008 13:44 | | 
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Is it OK to buy goosedown or duckdown duvets and pillows?
By Leo Hickman
Down, the soft lining found under the exterior feathers of waterfowl such as ducks and geese, has been prized for centuries for its insulating properties and its softness, which makes it ideal for use in bedding. In theory, as the down moults naturally from these birds, they shouldn't mind if we take it. But the reality is that down is almost always the by product of keeping millions of birds around the world in battery-cage conditions for cheap meat, or foie gras.
Published on Friday, 29 August 2008 19:00 | | |
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Want to communicate more effectively? Diane Southam shares some ideas
Published on Tuesday, 02 September 2008 19:00 | | |
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Do you trust everything you are told or do you think there is usually truth in conspiracies?
Psychologist Dr Patrick Leman, of the Royal Holloway University of London, has devised a test to see how conspiratorial you are.
Published on Thursday, 31 July 2008 14:15 | |
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The bad news is physical decline is inevitable. The good news is that creatively and spiritually we can continue to flourish until the end of our lives. From artists to ballet dancers and Wall of Death bike riders, be inspired by the amazing old people collected here. It's a small selection - there are many more out there!
Compiled by Vida Adamoli
Louise Bourgeois is one of the world’s greatest contemporary sculptors. Her themes are femininity, sexuality and isolation. Aged 88 she became the first artist to fill London’s Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. She reached the pinnacle of her career eight years later when the Tate Modern held a major retrospective of her work. To this day she continues to defy convention.
Published on Monday, 25 August 2008 19:00 | | |
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University of Arizona physicists have discovered how to turn single molecules into working transistors
It's a breakthrough needed to make the next-generation of remarkably tiny, powerful computers that nanotechnologists dream of.
Published on Sunday, 31 August 2008 19:00 | |
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DATING
Published on Friday, 29 August 2008 15:01 | | |
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Tights, tapes, towels ... What happens if there isn't a suitable recycling bin for your waste? Lucy Siegle thinks laterally
As a nation we're getting better at recycling the easy things, but what about the anomalies? While kerbside collection schemes seem to be getting simpler, if not necessarily more uniform, there is a host of every day objects missing a virtuous resting place. This column is dedicated to the recyclables that fall - rather literally - outside the box.