Archive - Trebuchet

Happy Now? Trans and Gender-Fluid Teens Face Three Times the Bullying

04/03/2017

Gender fluid teens face up to 3 times more abuse at school and at home than their gender-conforming peers...

‘I’m sure she knew she was talking to a puppet’: The Flying Buttresses

04/03/2017

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcaprebuchet applies its right to invoke Henson’s Law. (Henson’s Law: Even the world’s best CGI will look dated in a...

Stop Playing God! The Downside to Resurrecting Extinct Species

03/03/2017

Resurrecting extinct species might come at a terrible cost ...

Only Lenten Honesty Can Trump a Carnival of Lies

03/03/2017

Jokers are wild for Mardi Gras, but only a lent of honesty can counter a carnival of lies...

Survival International Photo Competition

02/03/2017

Call for entries to Survival International's competition for images showing tribal peoples in their natural environment...

Caress Your Inner Bunny (or We’ll Boil It): Movie Plotting and Psychology

02/03/2017

You want to write a killer plot? Feed the croc, snuggle the bunny and give the monkey a promotion...

The Lego Synthesiser: Sound Shaping Metamaterial Developed

01/03/2017

Sound-shaping super-material invented...

Democratic Stitch Ups and the Untouchable Will of the People

01/03/2017

Autocracies fail in the long run because the people much prefer to oppress themselves than be oppressed...

Itchyness and Pain: You Know the Difference, But Does Your Body?

28/02/2017

Itch neurons play a role in managing pain ...

The Joy of Sex and Chestwigs (Tragedy)

28/02/2017

Tragedy do one thing and they do it well...

Sweaty Betty or Sticky Micky? Perspiration, by Gender

27/02/2017

Who sweats more, men or women? Finally, an answer....

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Can Your Home be Both Energy Efficient and Stylish?

27/02/2017

Ways to to save money on your energy costs while also reducing your carbon footprint...

A Nuremberg Rally of One

27/02/2017

No book burning is required when the masses of the consumer state do not read books....

Going Anywhere for your Hols? Basking Sharks like Winter Sun too.

26/02/2017

Winter habits of Britain's basking sharks revealed ...

Loitered Lens: Last Great Dreamers

26/02/2017

Viddy those droogs! Last Great Dreamers put on a horrorshow sloochattening at the Hope and Anchor. Photos...

It’s Why They Call it Skunk: Cannabis and Pollution

25/02/2017

Legal marijuana sales creating escalating damage to the environment ...

The Mystery of Roll: The Great Momentum (Edenbridge)

25/02/2017

Lots of momentum, sure. But will the wheels fall off Edenbridge?...

Waiting (and waiting) for My Man: Marine Snails as Opioid Alternative

24/02/2017

An alternative to opioids? Compound from marine snail is potent pain reliever...

What Holocaust? What War? Collective Amnesia in the Time of Trump

24/02/2017

First as tragedy, then as farce. History repeats, but which one are we living in?...

Oceans of Lucre: Towards a Lasting ‘Blue Economy’

23/02/2017

Marine ecologist offers suggestions for achieving a strong, lasting 'blue economy' ...

Valentine’s Deez (Comeback Kid/Deez Nuts)

23/02/2017

Bonejarring, limbflinging downtuned hardcore, metal and slam provide an alternative to overpriced dinner and moodswings ...

Print Me a New House, Boffin! Digital Fabrication

22/02/2017

Digital fabrication in architecture ...

Kings Of The Ballot Box – What Democracies & Monarchies Have In Common

22/02/2017

2016 was not a good year for democracy. This year could be worse. ...

New Tongues for Old. Learning, and losing a second language

21/02/2017

CUNY linguist measures brain dynamics in second language users....

Lost in the Ghost Light (Tim Bowness)

21/02/2017

A grand statement about a grand era; Tim Bowness revisits rock's most ambitious escapades...

Twitterbuzz? Bird Monitoring By Drone

20/02/2017

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcapoo! Bird monitoring by drone! People invent thing. People use thing for stuff. People using thing for stuff write about using thing...