December 2013 - Trebuchet

Post-Christmas Midriff Bulge? Blame Norm

31/12/2013

Eating behaviors can be transmitted socially...

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Ridin’ the Rhodesian Rails

31/12/2013

Maybe a cow on the track, or an elephant. We're certainly far enough out to see some. Sterling Carter enjoys the scenery on a rail journey through Zimbabwe....

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Who Will Save the Eels?

30/12/2013

Even though people have consumed it for millennia, the origin of the eel has long been shrouded in mystery. New studies explain all. ...

Slip Discs : Servants Jazz Quarters

30/12/2013

A very varied night presented by the avowedly playful Slip Discs, committed to breaking down what they see as strict divisions between afficionados of contemporary composition and wider audiences...

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Humans Beat Computers in Face-Recogniton

29/12/2013

Human beings are highly efficient at recognising familiar faces, even from very poor quality images. The trait now has forensics applications. News...

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Loitered Lens : Wilko Johnson

29/12/2013

Energy, manic onstage mannerisms, genius guitar playing and of course that trademark thousand yard stare. Wilko Johnson live....

Airworthiness and Fatigue

28/12/2013

The power dissipation behavior of the lithium-ion battery is, in principle, the same as that for the fatigue of metals. Implications for air travel. News...

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50 Years of Social Progress. Reversed.

28/12/2013

People born in the 1960’s and 70’s will retire poorer than their parents...

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Antibiotic Attack!

27/12/2013

Without effective antibiotics, any surgery – even minor ones – will become extremely risky....

Alan De Niro : Tyrannia

27/12/2013

The value of De Niro's writing is not in what is depicted but in tone, theme, and the disconcerting mood of the short pieces as they seed doubts and second-guesses in the reader. ...

Happy Holidays from Trebuchet

26/12/2013

2014 Cultural Forecasts and Happy Holidays from all the staff at Trebuchet...

Want to Perform? Get Excited

26/12/2013

It really does pay to be positive, and people should say they are excited. ...

Hanging Offence : Hay Hill Gallery

26/12/2013

'We don’t exhibit artworks - we showcase artists.' Hay Hill Gallery's Sarah Jones talks to Trebuchet...

Virgin Birth : The Scientific View

25/12/2013

0.5% of women affirmed their status as virgins and did not use assisted reproductive technology, yet reported virgin births...

Wilko and Out

25/12/2013

We came away wanting to stick our own big V to death and thinking we should all make more of the time we have left. Wilko Johnson is doing just that, and long may he continue....

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Odd or Even? Your Brain Sucks

24/12/2013

If the brain is like a computer, why do brains make mistakes that computers don't?...

Bombino : The Magic Hat [Live]

24/12/2013

This is the music of the desert, the kind played around a fire while the stars shine brighter than anywhere else in the world....

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How to Castrate a Hippo

23/12/2013

The procedure is notoriously difficult due to problems with anaesthesia and difficulties in locating the testes....

Charlie Billingham's Tender at Ceri Hand Gallery

Charlie Billingham : Tender

23/12/2013

It is this sense of paradoxical delight which pervades the playful tones of Charlie Billingham’s latest installation of paintings, marching uniformly across the red grid of the gallery walls. ...

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Weight Loss is Easier for White Women

22/12/2013

African-American women don't lose as much weight as Caucasian women in response to the same behavioral interventions of calorie restriction....

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Loitered Lens : Valerie June

22/12/2013

'incredible musicianship, vocal talent, and arresting looks' Valerie June in concert....

Suicide Stigma Still Survives

21/12/2013

Explaining why suicide is stigmatized and often considered a taboo topic of conversation...

Spooks in the Machine : The NSA and Gaming

21/12/2013

While the leaks continue to prove the extent to which American spy agencies are willing to circumvent and undercut civil liberties, what is more shocking is just how paranoid and out of touch spy...

A Christmas Consumer Guide to Ethical Food

20/12/2013

Talking Turkey: A Christmas Consumer Guide to Ethical Food...

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Vodka-Fuelled Texts. We’ve All Done It.

20/12/2013

Successfully text messaging 'O Canada' using evaporated vodka. Why ever not?...

666 Degrees of Separation

20/12/2013

Manson has lost some of his ability to exercise the media for his own sinister purpose, but still retains the sanguine air of a devil in temporary chains....

Better to Be Right than Happy?

19/12/2013

Doctors see many couples who lead unnecessarily stressful lives by wanting to be right rather than happy....

Hanging Offence : Large Glass

19/12/2013

What do you dislike most about art? That it can get away with it…!...

Ronin – Jambiya Video

18/12/2013

With the amazing release of Abisso by OVO it’s seems a ripe time for Bruno D’s other amazing band Ronin to make a reappearance. The iron being red hot this time they’ve chosen to...