OFF THE BEATEN TRACK TO FIND NEWS-ITEMS WHICH CAN BE . . . DECONSTRUCTED FOR POSSIBLE MUTUAL BENEFIT http://www.reallymagazine.com en-gb Copyright: (C) Really Magazine 2007. All rights reserved. 60 Moving swiftly away from the cess-lagoons of Iowa, Eastwards, across the Atlantic, we arrive in Sunderland, in the Northern UK.


For an Olfactory Experience . . .

]]> Down on the Containment Unit.


What's that pen and ink coming from Iowa ? . . .





Eiron's new answers . . . software / teabags / heavy metals etc etc . . .





Our tips for some not-to-be-missed links . . . including Will Self's blog . . .

]]> Interested in cells and going to be in Turin around June ?


Check out the following . . .

]]> A new research article from the London School of Economics attempts to Make Sense of Masculinity and War . . .

]]> Thesmologists - those who study institutions - have been offered a swathe of new research opportunities with the election of London's Mayor Boris . . .

]]> Celebrities are often viewed as Social Leaders

But from the celebrities' point of view the pressures ( both social and financial ) are often extremely severe.


A new mathematical approach from Clemson University attempts a clarification . . .

]]> Studies underway at Melbourne University, are attempting to unravel the non-trivial complexities of The Digital Maypole . . .

]]> This week's 'guess what this does' challenge . . .

]]> A novel technique for getting to grips with the intricacies and foibles of the stockmarket is being developed


lay back and, relax . . .

]]> The ' Laboratory for the Study of Meaning and Quality of Life ' at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, has just published its research paper into the meaning and quality of life.


Find out what, here . . .

]]> Ad Hoc road signs . . .


The first in-depth ethnographic analysis . . .

]]> Do you want things ? Do you have things ?


And, if you do, ( or don't ) are you happy about it ? . . .

]]> If you're familiar with the concept of Organizational Sensemaking, this article is for you.


And if you're not, it still is . . .

]]> But that doesn't mean that you can't check out a plethora of far-reaching ideas from the 2008 Astrobiology Science Conference . . .

]]> The Sophists of Ancient Greece


Were likely to charge you a consultancy-fee for their advice . . . And ? . . .

]]> S'pose a Nuptial Gift's out of the question ?


or not ? . . .

]]> What is the 'look of pride' ?


And would the residents of Bobo Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso recognise it ? . . .

]]> A new consumer-behaviour evaluation tool has been made available.


Of interest to those who find shopping painful . . .

]]> They look great . . .


but can you figure them out ? . . .

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