June 2017 - Trebuchet

Month: June 2017

Sharks, Killers of the Deep

Music, Suspense, Noodles! Sharks on Film Rampage

30/06/2017

Do not go gently into that dull, safe middle way. The Sharks rage, pedal down, into the Rock 'n' Roll sun...

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Radiophonic Workshop

Resisting Cosy Nostalgia at the Science Museum (Radiophonic Workshop, live)

30/06/2017

Traversing a temporal and cultural fault-line between then and now...

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Lines and Boundaries: The Different Ways Artists, Architects See

29/06/2017

Artists and architects think differently compared to other people ...

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Windmill, fantasy, back to nature

The Better Part of Valour. On Leaving the USA (or Anywhere)

29/06/2017

Sometimes the best thing to do is up sticks and go...

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Notre Dame, spatial audio

Can We Really Do Spatial Audio? (Seeing With Your Ears)

28/06/2017

Novel acoustics project aims to improve virtual reality and explore ear shape effects on 3-D sound...

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Emotion and Reason: Spheron Architects

28/06/2017

Great architecture 'takes you to an inner beautiful and peaceful place in the absence of words'...

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Right Behind You…oops! More Crashes When Following Friends

27/06/2017

Following a friend leads to unsafe driving behavior ...

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Hurry Up and Wait: The Fine Art of the Celebrity Interview

27/06/2017

Egos, gaffes, junkets and giggles: dealing with Hollywood's finest is a tricky business...

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multi-task

Can’t Multi-Task? Quit Boozing

26/06/2017

Cognitive impairments are an issue for many adult substance users...

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Skinny Puppy

Loitered Lens: Skinny Puppy

26/06/2017

Set Phasers to Pulverize! Iconic photography of Skinny Puppy at Kentish Town Forum...

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parenting, mum-shaming

Mum-Shaming: Who does it most (and does it have any effect)?

23/06/2017

Advice or abuse? Giving opinions on mothers' parenting skills can have unintended consequences...

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Apocalypse Orchestra

The End is Nigh (Apocalypse Orchestra)

23/06/2017

Here be monsters, here be hurdy gurdy. Folk metal, doom and drone, arr harr!...

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pray

Dear Lord, Please Fix the Property Prices: Praying More Makes Older People Happier

22/06/2017

Older people who feel close to God have well-being that grows with frequent prayer ...

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photo by James Morris

Hugh Broughton Architects (Interview)

22/06/2017

Great buildings embrace their environment, even in the Antarctic permafrost...

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Is Altitude Sickness Harshing Your Midlife Crisis? Fixed.

21/06/2017

Acetaminophen: A viable alternative for preventing acute mountain sickness ...

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Christian Thompson: Berceuse (Rebecca Hossack Gallery)

21/06/2017

Celebrating 29 Years of Australian Aboriginal Art in London...

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familiar faces

Oi Miseryguts! Are Familiar Faces Happier Faces?

20/06/2017

Familiar faces look happier than unfamiliar ones ...

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It’s Real, Darling! Real Estate (Roundhouse, 13 June 2017)

20/06/2017

Summer energy (of the welcome kind) comes to Camden ...

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manipulate mosquitoes

When the Whine… Stops. How to Manipulate Mosquitoes

19/06/2017

Researchers use light to manipulate mosquitoes ...

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Benedict Drew

Something Nasty Trickles Down: Benedict Drew (Whitechapel Gallery)

19/06/2017

Exploring exactly what is falling from above in the trickle-down economy...

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mind-body intervention by pixabay and maxlkt

Meditate Your Way to Better DNA

16/06/2017

Meditation and yoga can 'reverse' DNA reactions which cause stress, new study suggests ...

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Great British Tattoo Show

Loitered Lens: Great British Tattoo Show

16/06/2017

Beauty's only skin deep, but some tattoos... live forever?...

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Neanderthal speartip

Oi, Hairy! New Findings on the Neanderthal-Homo Sapiens Transition

15/06/2017

Study sheds light on Neanderthal-Homo sapiens transition ...

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Mincer by Dan Booth

We Don’t Need New Politics, We Need New Gods

15/06/2017

What deities should be placed before the God of Money?...

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phubbed

Rejection, Dismay, Heinous Feels: The Tragic Fallout of Being Phubbed

14/06/2017

Ironically, people 'phone snubbed' by others often turn to phones or social media for acceptance...

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Broken Beats, Split Personalities: Stranger (Joanne Pollock)

14/06/2017

Frosty and frantic - there are two sides to the iceberg that is Joanne Pollock's debut...

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Jeremy Corbyn allotment

Grass Roots and Green Shoots: At Jeremy Corbyn’s Allotment

13/06/2017

What's mostly green but red all over? ...

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glassy carbon

Hard, hard, hard… chewy: Glassy Carbon

12/06/2017

New form of carbon that's hard as a rock, yet elastic, like rubber ...

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Woman of Substances (Jenny Valentish)

12/06/2017

Addiction isn’t gender neutral, and neither is mental health....

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Wind power

Better Ways to Harness Wind Power

09/06/2017

It's a breeze: How to harness the power of the wind ...

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