March 2015 - Trebuchet Magazine

Which Way does the Leaf Go? Drawing Apple Logos

31/03/2015 Trebuchet News

People’s memory, even for extremely common objects, is much poorer than they believe it to be. (read more)

Misanthropic roots record for the rootless savage [Thomas Koner]

31/03/2015 Kailas

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. (read more)

Music, motor function, learning and memory

30/03/2015 Trebuchet News

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

A spurious god created by a corrupt elite – Capitalism

30/03/2015 Phil Rockstroh

fter one presents a cogent critique of capitalism, one is likely to hear the following as a reply from the propagandized, good citizens of corporate state-levied economic despotism (as, in fact, I have this very (read more)

Giving Drones Morphable Wings

29/03/2015 Trebuchet News

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

Ripping into the Islington night [Night Ranger]

29/03/2015 Carl Byron Batson

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

Dating by Faith – Why?

28/03/2015 Trebuchet News

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 (read more)

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

28/03/2015 Hannah Shakir

‘It was such a surprise to win the trip and exactly the sort of prize I would have chosen for myself’ (read more)

Opting out of the attention economy.

27/03/2015 Trebuchet News

Firms will realize substantially greater success if they use moderately energetic commercials rather than highly energetic ones (read more)

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

27/03/2015 Erica Payet

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

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

26/03/2015 Trebuchet News

After decades of debate there remains no generally accepted definition of a “natural” food product. (read more)

Blues purists must die [JJ Grey]

26/03/2015 Kailas

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

Fallow and Flower, For Feeding the Bees

25/03/2015 Trebuchet News

Flower strips sown into farmers’ fields not only attract bees but increase their numbers (read more)

Despair, evil, murder and suicide. Monthly Metal Medley

25/03/2015 Alexander Hay

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 unrelenting blast of shit and flatus projected out from the dilated arsehole of Jonathan “I’m 44 But I’ve Still Got Dredlocks” Davis. (read more)

Opossum in your Snakebite, Sir?

24/03/2015 Trebuchet News

The antivenom would probably work against venoms from poisonous snakes, as well as against scorpion, plant and bacterial toxins (read more)

Make Better Music 73: Mindful Qualities

24/03/2015 Simon Laffy

Quality requires a mindfulness and quietness to allow ideas to form, take shape, emerge and grow (read more)

Natural Nettles Give Cancer the Sting.

23/03/2015 Trebuchet News

A highly effective way of defeating cancerous cells (read more)

Wigger, Wigga, Once Again

23/03/2015 Trebuchet Magazine

urther musings on whether we were racist to use the term ‘wigga’ in a Trebuchet article…. Wigga. The word certainly gives one pause. We need to be very careful though about confusing racism with terminology. (read more)

Two before bedtime? The Sensitivity Pill

22/03/2015 Trebuchet News

Under tolcapone’s influence, game players were more sensitive to and less tolerant of social inequity (read more)

Deadly Particles at KOKO [Starset]

22/03/2015 Carl Byron Batson

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

All about that Vertebral Wedging

21/03/2015 Trebuchet News

Men prefer women who exhibit specific angles of spinal curvature over buttock mass (read more)

Built with vision and prowess [Planetary Assault Systems]

21/03/2015 Codex Europa

A thriving and rapidly evolving sonic ecosystem, producing an expansive soundfield that’s simultaneously serene and nervous (read more)

At it like rabbits? Kids, Vids and Sex

20/03/2015 Trebuchet News

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. (read more)