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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online For us humans, being lost isn’t all that much fun, often leading us to walk around in circles as we try to find our way. Apparently, some animals follow similar patterns. Researchers studying Australian sugar ants have found that putting these social insects in an unfamiliar setting can immediately trigger a ‘lost’ reaction. Furthermore, their research shows that an ant’s habitat can determine how it navigates through its...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, longtime purveyors, custodians and distillers of a modern big band swing sound are back and newly signed with Savoy Jazz. In celebration of twenty years bringing an irrepressible groove to the adoring masses, the band has recorded "RATTLE THEM BONES"--their eighth studio album. Founding members Scotty Morris and Kurt Sodergren, plus the five other original members continue to keep their sound fresh coming...

LOS ANGELES, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Anyone who follows the music business these days knows one thing: when it comes to musicians getting paid, touring is where it's at. On the other hand, if you're not the Killers or Foster the People, touring can also be an expensive proposition. Leaving aside the cost of food, hotels and all the rest, renting a 15 passenger van in Los Angeles from one of the big rental companies can be an expensive proposition that seriously cuts into...

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By Kerry McKittrick Tonight at the Marketplace Theatre in Armagh is a country music spectacular featuring some of the vocalists and musicians who successfully toured with 'Country Legends'. The show will feature superb tributes to great icons like Johnny Cash, George Jones and will introduce new tributes to Buck Owens and Merle Haggard and on the female side will cover Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Bill Joe Spears and Patsy Cline. Four vocalists and a live band that will re- create the...

By Kerry McKittrick Fans of contemporary design might very well like the exhibition with a twist taking place at Space CRAFT of College Street in Belfast this week. Jewellers from the Craft & Design collective have come together to promote awareness of the contemporary jewellery available to both buy and commission. The exhibition will run until Saturday, September 27. For more information go to www.craftanddesigncollective.com. Let's face it, there's a pretty hefty chance that you won't...

By MICHAEL CONAGHAN YOU probably know more Gloria Estefan songs than you think. From the Miami Sound Machine's Dr Beat through such worldwide smashes as Rhythm's Gonna Get You and Oye Mi Canto she has fused Latin rhythm with disco to produce a hugely successful hybrid that puts her up with the Whitneys and the Britneys in terms of sales. She's also had her fair share of knockbacks, surviving a near- fatal car accident in 1990 and the cloying embrace of Florida's uber- reactionary Cuban...