October 2016 - Trebuchet

Happy Hallowe’en From NASA, With a Bunch of Pumpkin Stars

31/10/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcapopical news from NASA couldn’t be more timely on this Hallowe’en day. They’ve found a bunch of stars that look...

I wanted to actually capture some of the sky. (Interview: Nicola Anthony)

31/10/2016

'As a species we adapt. Many suffering, and others denying. This is a classic reaction to trauma.' ...

Forget Hornby, How About 3D Printing the Universe?

30/10/2016

Physicists make it possible to 3-D print your own baby universe ...

Loitered Lens: Augustines

30/10/2016

Photos from Augustines last ever London gig at the Kentish Town Forum, October 2016...

Born Slippy: The Freaky Chemistry of the Pacific Spiny Dogfish Shark

29/10/2016

How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist ...

Trump: The Handy Hillaryite Denial Buddy

29/10/2016

Donald Trump is the arch enabler of Hillaryites' addiction to political pettifoggery...

Tastes Like Chicken? Wiggly Meat and the Rise of Edible Insects

28/10/2016

The buzz about edible bugs: Can they replace beef? ...

Kargeras Returns From The Land of the Almost Ignored (Root)

28/10/2016

Czech dark metal act Root are a band you haven’t heard of, but should have...

FastFags: Growing More Tobacco, Quicker Tobacco

27/10/2016

Scientists at MIPT beat the clock by quickly finding out what makes plants tick...

We got to drive a car and smash into things. (Red Fang, Interview)

27/10/2016

Red Fang’s guitarist, David Sullivan, insists it's not ALL debauched Valhalla hedonism...

Is That Russet, Vermillion or Pheophytin A? The Science of Autumn

26/10/2016

Mendel's Stay-Green gene encodes an enzyme that extracts magnesium from chlorophyll, colouring our Autumn vistas...

Krisis, Contribution, Conversation: Talking Photography (Interview with John Clang and Sama Alshaibi)

26/10/2016

Art - asking the early and meaningful questions society is not ready to address...

‘Middle England’ faces lowest psychosis risk

25/10/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcaphite, middle class, older. Psychosis and its attendent conditions are a lower risk for those who fit into the ‘Middle...

We Are Augustines for Another Few Weeks (Augustines at the Forum)

25/10/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”I/dropcapt was some time during 2011 when I first experienced Augustines. A brief affair; I was alone, miles from home and looking for a...