Archive - Trebuchet

Music : Did We Even Like it Anyway?

10/01/2015

Why is the music industry failing? Perhaps it’s just that most folk never really liked it much anyway....

bodybuilder by freedigitalphtos.net and stockimages

Posting Selfies is The Path to Misery

09/01/2015

People who score higher on self-objectification post more selfies, which leads to more feedback from friends online, which encourages them to post even more photos...

Four-track orange vinyl-only (Grey Branches)

09/01/2015

I think most of my output has an Industrial feel to it. It’s the first genre of music I really fell in love with as a teenager, and it’s seems I can’t undo that love. ...

Dumped? Wallow in Self-Pity. It Works!

08/01/2015

In breakups, self-concept repair actually causes improvements in well-being....

Pete Seeger and the Cop Problem

08/01/2015

The true purpose of a union was and remains: to bind the oppressed and exploited in solidarity - not act as agents of their oppression....

Two New Earthlike Planets Found

07/01/2015

Astronomers identify two planets that are the most similar to Earth of any known exoplanets to date. Report...

Loitered Lens : Aynsley Lister

07/01/2015

Following the fine tradition of the post-Christmas photo issue, photographs of rock guitarist Aynsley Lister live at Farnham Maltings...

What is Fun, and Why Do We Need It?

06/01/2015

Play is an effective mechanism for encouraging creativity since creativity also involves breaking away from established patterns of thought and behavior...

Bicycling Lesotho : Headed North

06/01/2015

Intentions of making it through Lesotho before the snows came have come to naught....

Do You Feel Lucky #2 : Obesity

05/01/2015

Some obese people are protected from the adverse metabolic effects of moderate weight gain, whereas others are predisposed to develop these problems...

Kreator, HMV Forum [Live]

05/01/2015

No frills full-on hardcore metal is what long-established Kreator delivered to the baying HMV Forum audience...

Biofuel Gets Better

04/01/2015

Using a systems approach to identify protein-DNA interactions, scientists home in on more efficient biofuel sources....

Loitered Lens : Hazel O’Connor, Hugh Cornwell, John Cooper Clarke

04/01/2015

Hazel O'Connor, Hugh Cornwell, John Cooper Clarke live at Brixton Academy. Photos...

Nano-Engineering New Knees…. Nice!

03/01/2015

Medical researchers may have found a way to integrate an artificial ligament with native bone using nanotechnology. ...

Donor : Against All

03/01/2015

Schappert takes material from the present-day and brings out the dystopian aspects of a much closer and less-glamourous dystopian future....

A picture of dice by Freedigitalphotos.net/Boaz Yiftach

Cancer : Do You Feel Lucky?

02/01/2015

You can add to your risk of getting cancers by smoking or other poor lifestyle factors. However, many forms of cancer are due largely to... bad luck. report...

Hell Is Other People(‘s Stuff)

02/01/2015

We inherited the shaded glades and sunlight-dappled gardens of Heaven but we have made our world a burning hell....

Rufus Reid in Grammy Running

01/01/2015

Inspired by the sculptures of Elizabeth Catlett, the suite of big-band jazz interpretations is neither elitist nor predictable...

Loitered Lens : Gogol Bordello

01/01/2015

Gogol Bordello opened a night of heady revelry as a mariachi-ready Camden stomped and writhed...

Did Ebola Come From Bats?

31/12/2014

The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa may have originated from contact between humans and virus-infected bats...

Nick Lord : Realising The Truth [Interview]

31/12/2014

When I first started to draw, I was massively influenced by the expressionists. Egon Schiele in particular. From them I learned the importance of breaking away from tradition...

How Bright is Your City?

30/12/2014

artificial light is responsible for a sizable portion of all nighttime electricity consumption. Identifying areas where light could be more efficiently used will make it possible to save energy...

Zeitkratzer : WHITEHOUSE

30/12/2014

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcapithin the institutionalised avant-garde, overt but actually often inert rule-breaking is the norm. There are numerous hidden codes...

brain imaging by Lloyd Russell, Hausser lab, UCL

Re-Write Brain or Full Erase?

29/12/2014

We are very excited to use this technology to probe the basis of how groups of neurons and ultimately the brain stores and processes information...

Hills, Wind and Rain

29/12/2014

After surviving two days of these winds to finally crawl into Hermanus, I'm extra cautious. I respect the winds. Nay, I fear them. Cycling essay, Lesotho...

The Power of Guilt

28/12/2014

Highly guilt-prone people are less likely to free-ride on others' expertise, and they will sacrifice financial gain out of concern about others' welfare...