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Electronics get some skin in the game
New heat sensitive 'skin' could enable lightweight night-vision glasses
Jul 25
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Mark Cantrell
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This book is more than a little cheesy
Tudor re-enactors have translated a 16th Century manuscript extolling the weird and wonderful secrets of Early Modern cheese
Jul 11
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Mark Cantrell
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Tykewriter Digest, July 2025
The latest quarterly news and writings from journalist and SFF author Mark Cantrell
Jul 5
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June 2025
Of Unicorns & Vampyres
A disparate band of urban vampires go searching for their origins. They're not gonna like what they find
Jun 28
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Mark Cantrell
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Printing makes a space engine
Engineers have used 3D printing technology to develop a low-cost thruster able to manoeuvre small satellites in space
Jun 13
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Mark Cantrell
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Chornobyl farm land is good to grow
Scientists claim agricultural land affected by the 1986 nuclear accident is finally safe for farming
Jun 6
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Mark Cantrell
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May 2025
Sing a song of a textile city
Bradford celebrates its status as UK City of Culture 2025 with art installation evoking its rich industrial heritage
May 30
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Mark Cantrell
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Let's hear it for the 'zines
Exhibition gives fresh voice to the passion and enthusiasm of football's fandom
May 23
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Someone chewing is some kind of art show
An exhibition of sound and multimedia exploring the politics of noise evidently offers plenty of food for thought
May 16
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Mark Cantrell
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Pterosaurs aren't done flying yet
These fossilised flying reptiles still have a few tricks to show modern aviation
May 9
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Mark Cantrell
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Reality is what you make it
Seeing is believing, but when our vision is augmented by technology can we trust what it shows us?
May 2
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Mark Cantrell
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April 2025
Let the North be heard
A new creative writing hub in Newcastle intends to amplify the collective voice of Northern writers
Apr 18
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Mark Cantrell
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