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A Giant ShowLeap for the Deaf

A Giant ShowLeap for the Deaf

We’ve all seen people using sign language in the streets and wondered what they were talking about. Now, thanks to ShowLeap, a Valencian initiative, it might be possible to find…

Pillow Talk etc

Pillow Talk etc

When a man is contented he belches, farts, spits or snores; this is his nature, and it is good. These things are however, unbecoming in a woman.   Recently a…

Xkuty is a Bike, You Can Ride it if You Like

Xkuty is a Bike, You Can Ride it if You Like

If God had meant Man to ride a bike, then He would have given Him pedals I’m sure. And yet there are still people around who insist that bicycles are…

China Closer to Valencia

China Closer to Valencia

UPV Valencia scientist and researcher José Capmany will no doubt be studying Chinese these days, as he has been distinguished by the Chinese Academy for Science (CAS) for his work…

Selling Sun in London

Selling Sun in London

Here comes the Valencian sun! Somebody finally seems to have found out how to bottle the sun, and now Valencian companies are exporting their sunlight to the UK. Well, to…

A Sea of Plastic

A Sea of Plastic

There is nothing sadder than to see a dolphin choking on a plastic bag, and yet with the massive production of these weapons of mass destruction and the frivolity with…

No They Camn’t: with Look&Lock

No They Camn’t: with Look&Lock

Some people seem to be prepared to sell their dignity in order to appear on TV; others pay good money to ensure that they don’t. The clients of WSS (Webcam…

Guilt, Showers and Better Things

Guilt, Showers and Better Things

If somebody ever discovers how to bottle and sell guilt, they will make a fortune. People enjoy feeling guilty pleasure, and never so much so than when they are spending…

Valencia and Belgium Fighting Cancer Together

Valencia and Belgium Fighting Cancer Together

Valencian bio-technology company Biosequence is at the forefront of the worldwide fight against cancer, and has recently internationalized the effort. Biosequence offers genetic testing to personalize and increase treatment options of cancer patients,…

Valencia Scientists’ Palm Tree Plan?

Valencia Scientists’ Palm Tree Plan?

The red palm weevil is a pest, and one that for some years now has been destroying palm trees all over Spain. Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, as it prefers to be called,…