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China begins drilling one of worlds deepest holes in hunt for discoveries deep inside the Earth |

Narrow 11,000-metre shaft will reach the Earths crust to study internal structures as China seeks to explore new frontiers China has begun digging its deepest borehole in an effort to study areas of the planet deep beneath the surface.

David Turner obituary | Programming

My father, David Turner, who has died aged 77, was a highly respected and renowned computer scientist whose name will always be associated with functional programming, and the lead that the UK still takes in developing and fostering the discipline.

Different strokes: the forgotten women of abstract expressionism

A new exhibition highlights 80 unsung female artists from the grouping that made stars of Rothko and Pollock. But does adding them to the canon deflect from the sexism that stymied their careers? Abstract expressionism, that all-American boys club, is being disbanded. In the latest revision to the overwhelmingly white and male canon of art

Fargo recap: season one, episode two The Rooster Prince

This blog is for Fargo viewers watching the Sunday night UK transmission on Channel 4 if you've seen further ahead than episode two, please don't post advance spoilers. Read Richard Vine's recap of season one, episode one here.

Finding your way around Riddley Walker's world | Russell Hoban

In this novels post-literate realm, it is harder to work out what is happening than in most fiction. But we cant mistake its intensely human story Weve had a go at understanding the language in Riddley Walker, but there are plenty more intriguing questions to answer. Such as: who is Riddley Walker? What is going