The human brain is capable of processing hundreds of billions of instructions every second, putting to shame many supercomputers.

Adele’s success looks set to continue as the singer-songwriter picked up a string of nominations for the Ivor Novello Awards.

A CORK-born composer has won a prestigious award for penning the original music for the dramatic thriller The Colony.

Natasha Bedingfield, The Streets and Keane will battle it out for best song of 2004 after being nominated today for the Ivor Novello Awards.