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‘Smells like Teen Spirit’ on Cellos

2CELLOS — the Croatian cello duo of Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser — hit the YouTube jackpot with their cover of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal,” and later the Guns N Roses classic “Welcome To The Jungle.” In a recent visit to the SiriusXM studios, they performed Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” during an interview with SiriusXM Pops host Paul Bachmann.

If Exercise Were A Cancer Drug, It Would Be A Blockbuster

If exercise were a cancer drug, it would be a blockbuster, appears to be the conclusion of a new review on the benefits of physical activity to people surviving and living beyond cancer. In a report released today, 8 August, the leading UK charity Macmillan Cancer Support, firmly sweeps aside the tradition that cancer patients should “rest up” and “take it easy”, and urges doctors and nurses to prescribe physical activity to patients “at all stages of cancer from initial diagnosis through to the later stages”. However, despite the emergence of this evidence, many health professionals are failing to tell their cancer patients about the benefits of exercise, they added.

Ciaran Devane, Chief Executive of Macmillan Cancer Support, told the press that the evidence in the report, whose short title is “Move More”, shows how important physical activity is to recovery from cancer, yet “very little attention to its benefits is given by health professionals or by those commissioning health services”.

He urged that services to promote and offer exercise should not only be available, but that they should be “prescribed” to cancer patients.

Devane said cancer patients would be “shocked” if they knew how much physical activity could help their recovery and long term health, in some cases even reducing the chance of having to undergo repeat treatment…

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The Banks Of Today, As Predicted In 1969

Beginning in 1965, the BBC’s flagship science programme ran for nearly 40 years. Its mix of quirky film reports and live experiments examined the changing state of current technology and put new inventions to the test.

In this collection, we witness a change in how people thought of the future and chart the rise and rise of the computer. Through a selection of items and full programmes from the archives, we remember some of the presenters who became household names, such as Raymond Baxter, James Burke, Judith Hann and many more.

Hackers Break Into Subaru Via Text Message

Hackers at the Black Hat Technical Security Conference were able to break into Subaru Outback and start the engine via text message. All you Outback owners can relax, these weren’t real criminals, your granola bars and Birkenstocks are safe….for now.

A pair of pros from iSec Partners security firm was able to unlock and start the engine of a Subaru Outback using an Android phone and a process they call war texting. By setting up their own GSM network, they were able to snatch up password authentication messages being sent from server to car, allowing them the option to ride off in a brand new crossover.


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Tightest parallel parking – Video

The tightest parallel parking measured 26 cm (10.24 in) and was achieved by Ronny Wechselberger a.k.a. “Ronny C-Rock” (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records – Wir holen den Rekord nach Deutschland in Berlin, Germany on 2 April 2011.