March 2015 - Trebuchet

Which Way does the Leaf Go? Drawing Apple Logos

31/03/2015

People's memory, even for extremely common objects, is much poorer than they believe it to be....

Misanthropic roots record for the rootless savage [Thomas Koner]

31/03/2015

As a leading musician within forward-thinking electronic music circles Koner's work around his theme presupposes an exploration into the primitive nomadic elements of being human. ...

Music, motor function, learning and memory

30/03/2015

Playing music enhanced the activity of genes involved in dopaminergic neurotransmission, motor function, learning and memory....

A spurious god created by a corrupt elite – Capitalism

30/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcapfter one presents a cogent critique of capitalism, one is likely to hear the following as a reply from the propagandized, good...

Giving Drones Morphable Wings

29/03/2015

This finding will greatly help make flapping winged drones much more robust....

Ripping into the Islington night [Night Ranger]

29/03/2015

Hardcore fans packed out the venue whilst the band hit the stage with a mighty explosion of raw power. Night Ranger...

Dating by Faith – Why?

28/03/2015

People's decision to partner with religious or non-religious individuals can be determined by personality traits that religiosity is believed--rightly or wrongly--to predict...

A mixture of figuration and abstraction. Interview [Bernie Clarkson]

28/03/2015

'It was such a surprise to win the trip and exactly the sort of prize I would have chosen for myself'...

Opting out of the attention economy.

27/03/2015

Firms will realize substantially greater success if they use moderately energetic commercials rather than highly energetic ones...

Siena in all its least-known corners (Federico Pacini)

27/03/2015

Pacini photographs the off-season, with its overcast skies and grey suburban areas....

Defining ‘Natural’. Why ALL food additives need standards.

26/03/2015

After decades of debate there remains no generally accepted definition of a "natural" food product....

Blues purists must die [JJ Grey]

26/03/2015

JJ Grey will no doubt continue his slow ascent in the blues world, playing to rapt (but quietened) audiences throughout the world...

Fallow and Flower, For Feeding the Bees

25/03/2015

Flower strips sown into farmers' fields not only attract bees but increase their numbers...

Despair, evil, murder and suicide. Monthly Metal Medley

25/03/2015

This is like rolling a natural 20 in a particularly bleak game of D&D. You’ve lucked out, and the Gods do smile upon thee, which is certainly a step up from most weeks when it’s more like an...

Opossum in your Snakebite, Sir?

24/03/2015

The antivenom would probably work against venoms from poisonous snakes, as well as against scorpion, plant and bacterial toxins...

Make Better Music 73: Mindful Qualities

24/03/2015

Quality requires a mindfulness and quietness to allow ideas to form, take shape, emerge and grow...

Natural Nettles Give Cancer the Sting.

23/03/2015

A highly effective way of defeating cancerous cells...

Wigger, Wigga, Once Again

23/03/2015

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”F/dropcapurther musings on whether we were racist to use the term ‘wigga’ in a Trebuchet article…. Wigga. The word...

Two before bedtime? The Sensitivity Pill

22/03/2015

Under tolcapone's influence, game players were more sensitive to and less tolerant of social inequity...

Deadly Particles at KOKO [Starset]

22/03/2015

For those of us who have stared into alien eyes, we got the message. ...

All about that Vertebral Wedging

21/03/2015

Men prefer women who exhibit specific angles of spinal curvature over buttock mass...

Built with vision and prowess [Planetary Assault Systems]

21/03/2015

A thriving and rapidly evolving sonic ecosystem, producing an expansive soundfield that's simultaneously serene and nervous...

At it like rabbits? Kids, Vids and Sex

20/03/2015

As the portrayal of women as objects of lust reflects patriarchal values, media images that support this type of male dominance may provoke resistance in female viewers....