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Are 'natural' products better than synthetic ones?From sharks' livers to endangered plants – some claims about "natural"...
20/06/2022

Are 'natural' products better than synthetic ones?
From sharks' livers to endangered plants – some claims about "natural" products should be interpreted with caution. Anna Turns investigates whether we should be more willing to use synthetic alternatives.
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From her organic wildflower meadow just south of Edinburgh, Sally Gouldstone harvests native botanical ingredients such as nettle, yarrow and wild carrot to make her "seed-to-skin" Seilich brand of personal care products. Gouldstone, who has a PhD in nature conservation, knows to leave most of her crop in the field so that bees and other pollinators can use them too. What she does take is transferred to a traditional copper still to produce essential oils using cold processing techniques.

The music most embedded in our psyches?The scores for videogames like Street Fighter or Halo might not be uppermost in t...
16/06/2022

The music most embedded in our psyches?
The scores for videogames like Street Fighter or Halo might not be uppermost in the minds of those playing them; but they can manipulate our emotions in surprising ways, writes Arwa Haider.
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When we're playing a videogame, we're also dancing to its tune: catchy or haunting melodies; audio clues that spur us to quicken our pace; triumphant notes to confirm our success. When we hear this music outside gameplay, it can prove unusually moving. The first time I caught the London Video Game Orchestra in concert, I found myself hollering for my favourite characters during the Street Fighter II medley (Yoko Shimomura's exhilarating 1990s soundtrack, specially arranged here by Mark Choi). I also joined a surreal singalong, as LVGO conductor James Keirle swept the audience into a classic console start-up theme: "Se-ga!" It felt like a five-second hymn: nostalgic and weirdly rapturous.

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