Serious Readers Blog
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Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral transformed by LED lighting
Tuesday 18 March 2014The 12th-century French-Gothic Cathedral has been relit with over 400 Philips LEDs.
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Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral transformed by LED lighting
18 Mar 2014 -
Could this app allow you to read War and Peace in a day?
Tuesday 11 March 2014A new app called Spritz claims to be able to increase users’ reading speed to as much as 1,000 words a minute.
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Could this app allow you to read War and Peace in a day?
11 Mar 2014 -
Which Country Reads the Most?
Tuesday 04 March 2014According to the NOP World Culture Score Index, readers in India are making the rest of us look bad.
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Which Country Reads the Most?
4 Mar 2014 -
Wikipedia 1,000-volume print edition planned
Thursday 20 February 2014It would run to over a million pages, featuring more than four million articles by 20 million volunteers: an "record-breaking" new project to turn Wikipedia into 1,000 books has just launched on Indiegogo .
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Wikipedia 1,000-volume print edition planned
20 Feb 2014 -
How to avoid digital eyestrain
Thursday 13 February 2014Editor's note: Dr. Edward Kondrot, founder of the Healing The Eye & Wellness Center, is the world's only board-certified ophthalmologist and board-certified homeopathic physician.
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How to avoid digital eyestrain
13 Feb 2014 -
Eyes-On GlassOff, the App that Promises to Improve Failing Eyesight
Monday 10 February 2014The phrase “hack your body” is often a catch-all term for suspect life advice, generally given by overly excited entrepreneurs and slimy motivational speakers
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Eyes-On GlassOff, the App that Promises to Improve Failing Eyesight
10 Feb 2014 -
100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die
Friday 07 February 2014A book editors have just released a list of their 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.
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100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die
7 Feb 2014 -
Spacing May Improve Reading for Macular Degeneration Patients
Wednesday 05 February 2014Macular degeneration patients often have trouble reading, but a new study finds that double line spacing and double word spacing may make reading easier for these patients.
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Spacing May Improve Reading for Macular Degeneration Patients
5 Feb 2014 -
Strawberry yields forever: LED lighting fools plants into thinking it's spring, not winter
Monday 03 February 2014Sweet news: British strawberries could soon appear in supermarkets all year round
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Strawberry yields forever: LED lighting fools plants into thinking it's spring, not winter
3 Feb 2014 -
New Feefo Trusted Merchant Awards
Friday 31 January 2014Independent online customer feedback giant Feefo has introduced a ‘Trusted Merchant’ certificate for businesses that achieve an average Service Rating of 85% over a full year.
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New Feefo Trusted Merchant Awards
31 Jan 2014 -
Real books should be preserved like papyrus scrolls
Wednesday 29 January 2014In a future electronic world, there will be a ghastly contingency about the written word. Books have a new place as sacred objects, and libraries as museums.
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Real books should be preserved like papyrus scrolls
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New contact lens delivers glaucoma meds
Tuesday 28 January 2014As an alternative to eye drops, researchers have developed a special contact lens that can be placed into the eye in order to slowly release medication to combat glaucoma.
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New contact lens delivers glaucoma meds
28 Jan 2014
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