March 2014 - Trebuchet

Continuity Glitches : Why We Miss Them

31/03/2014

The brain mechanism that can blind us to subtle changes in movies and in the real world...

Dragons or Flies? The State Apparatus of Fear

31/03/2014

Meet your fears, look them in the eye, live among them for a time. Discern whether they consist of an insect buzzing at your windowpane or is a dragon on the roof...

Hearts React Differently to Exercise, by Gender

30/03/2014

The formula for peak exercise heart rate that doctors have used for decades in tests to diagnose heart conditions may be flawed...

A picture of Amund Maarud by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens: Big Boy Bloater

30/03/2014

Tight grooves, infectious melodies and the unique voice of Big Boy Bloater...

Is it Safe to Pee in the Pool?

29/03/2014

An answer to the perennial question: Is it safe to pee in the pool?...

Apicture of a nurse by Charlotte Jarvis @ Waag Society

This is not a Government : This is a Mafia

29/03/2014

This government, with unprecedented audacity and speed, are transforming our nation run on laws and institutions, into one run on patronage and privilege – more like a mafia of the 1% than a...

Secret Garden Party Announce Lineup

28/03/2014

The Secret Garden Party announces headliner and additional line up for 2014...

Slammed : Phone Companies Stealing Your Number

28/03/2014

Telephone companies can take, replace, steal or remove your number, leaving you with few options, little recourse to complain, and in the dark as to how this can happen...

The Bunnies Have No Trousers!

27/03/2014

Kids' books featuring animals with human characteristics not only lead to less factual learning but also influence children's reasoning about animals...

Gotthard : Bang!

27/03/2014

It's tip-of-the-brain stuff, trying to list all the possible classic Hard Rock references for these songs, yet they stay on the right side of pastiche....

Mike Vallely : On Not Being Broken

26/03/2014

Action-sports megacorporations duly demonized, Vallely takes to the appropriately bleak and inhuman streets of Berlin....

cigarette butts by freedigitalphotos.net Bill Longshaw

Smokers Can’t Taste Bitter

25/03/2014

Accumulation in the body of some tobacco or combustion products may hamper the regeneration of taste buds. News item...

Gallon Drunk : The Soul of the Hour

25/03/2014

Gallon Drunk have never sounded so together nor so accomplished. The result of such symbiosis is seven tracks of intense mood and impressive groove. ...

Happy Workers are Harder Workers

24/03/2014

Happier workers use the time they have more effectively, increasing the pace at which they can work without sacrificing quality...

Rejecting Capitalism’s Putrefying Paradigm

24/03/2014

Late capitalism's putrefying paradigm has but one remedy for the devastation reaped by the system... insanely, more production and more consumerism....

A picture of a video game joypad by Freedigitalphotos/Arvind Balaraman

Control Freakery for Control Freaks

23/03/2014

Researchers develop insights into the processes upon human interaction, and ways in which to control them. ...

Stop the sale of the land registry

23/03/2014

Stop the government selling the profitable Land Registry which generates £98 Million pounds to the public purse each year as well as having a satisfaction rating of over 90% from those that use the...

A picture of Boom Tales by Carl Byron Batson

Loitered Lens : Boom Tales

23/03/2014

Photos of Boom Tales by Carl Byron Batson...

Now Computers Can Detect Your Pain

22/03/2014

A computer system spots real or faked expressions of pain more accurately than people can...

Sanctions vs. Tax Havens in the New Cold War

22/03/2014

As long as tax havens reign, Western sanctions will have little effect on Russian aggression....

Avoiding Cold War with Texan Vodka

21/03/2014

Distillers are producing at least 17 Texas vodkas....

Halo Blind : Occupying Forces

21/03/2014

Memorable but unconventional melodies, and some great use of atmospheric instrumental passages in place of conventional solos...

Football is ‘Subject to laws of Physics’ Shocker!

20/03/2014

A simple rule governs the complex dynamics of the ball and the team's front-line...

Roni Size / LTJ Bukem : Village Underground

20/03/2014

Chatting and dancing with people in crowd, it was obvious this was no Fabric...

A picture of music making by Sebastiaan ter Burg

The Twelve Keys to a Hit Song

19/03/2014

The researchers identified 12 key themes, and related terms, that came up most often in the hit songs. ...

Jean-Claude Risset : Music from Computer

19/03/2014

Historic and serious works, thrilling but unacknowledged precedents for many of the textures that structure electronic music in the present day...

Fuel Your Truck With Alligator Fat

18/03/2014

Animal fats, including those from alligators, could give an economical, ecofriendly boost to the biofuel industry...

War: The Exile and the Rock Limpet exhibited 1842

Late Turner : Painting Set Free

18/03/2014

Tate Britain’s Late Turner keeps Turner on the stage rather than focusing on his exit. As co-curator Sam Smiles said, these are “paintings with subjects that have resonance”. ...

Bring the Gnar – Extreme Sports and Injury

17/03/2014

The thrill of extreme sports comes at a price: a higher risk for severe neck and head injuries...

A picture of Les Claypool's Duo De Twang album

Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang : Four Foot Shack

17/03/2014

There will be someone out there, bored by the usual, willing to listen to a bluegrass barn-dance inspired acoustic record that contains covers of the Bee Gees and Alice in Chains....

Month: March 2014

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