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Bloodthirsty! What attracts mosquitoes?

31/12/2011

Ever noticed how some people get chewed to shreds by mosquitoes, whilst others aren't even touched by the blood-sucking pests? New research looks like it might have a reason for that....

Simian Ghost Release ‘Wolf Girl’ EP

30/12/2011

Choose your own level of excitement to react to Simian Ghost's upcoming EP Wolfgirl. Out on January 16th on Heist or Hit Records the Stockholm art-pop act combine sharp beats with icy top-end...

The 27 Club. Does it exist?

29/12/2011

Is 27 really a dangerous age for famous musicians? The list of well known musicians who have died at age 27 may look like more than a coincidence – Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix,...

Epilepsy and Violent Crime are Not linked

28/12/2011

Having epilepsy is not linked to committing violent crime Despite public opinion to the contrary, having the neurological condition epilepsy is not directly associated with an increased risk of...

Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh – If You Can Find It

27/12/2011

Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh. Trees that produce frankincense – used in incense and perfumes across the world and a key part of the Christmas story – are declining so dramatically that...

Salt policy makers eat too much salt at work

26/12/2011

Salt policy makers in the Netherlands are consuming more than the average daily recommended salt intake of 6 grams in one hot meal at their work canteens, finds a study in the Christmas issue...

Happy Christmas from the Stars

25/12/2011

No, it's not a bunch of z-list celebs wishing you seasons greetings in aid of their favourite charidee. It's an actual angel in the stars. What better news item for all at Trebuchet Magazine...

Do you hear what I hear? Noise exposure surrounds us

24/12/2011

Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities. Researchers at the University of Michigan found that...

What’s Your Poison?: Which Kills You Quicker – Wine or Beer?

23/12/2011

Title of the press release: 'Are there differences in mortality among wine consumers and other alcoholic beverages?' Um, doubt it. Not unless Chateau Lafitte has spme hitherto undiscovered...

Candytree: The Cathode Rain

23/12/2011

Candytree have consistently released album for what seems like decades. They exist as something emblematic of persistence. The Cathode Rain is startling is so far as they sound completely rejuvenated...

Yeah Boyeeeee! Language Learning through hip-hop

22/12/2011

Well, there is a certain logic to this. Flava Flav's perennial cry of 'What time is it?' could be useful. Language learning through hip-hop music Listeners can learn new vocabulary...

First Earth-Sized Planets Found

21/12/2011

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a Sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star...

Summer Camp Stream Their Christmas Single

20/12/2011

Vrey quickly then, before it's all over your radio and driving you mentile…. Summer Camp (they of Welcome To Condale on Moshi Moshi) have just sent us this stream of their (well,...

Red Fang: Tour Dates

19/12/2011

RED FANG announces European tour with Mastodon Having just wrapped up their highly successful North American run with Mastodon, RED FANG has confirmed that they will be heading to Europe this Winter...

If Only it Were So Simple: An Algorithm to Predict Hit Songs

18/12/2011

Can science predict a hit song? Most people remember listening to the official UK top 40 singles chart and watching the countdown on Top of the Pops, but can science work out which songs are more...

Physics meet Music, Music meet Physics

17/12/2011

An internationally renowned composer and an award-winning violinist, are bringing particle physics to life through a series of classical compositions. The composer Edward Cowie is teaming up with...

Christopher Hitchens: RIP

16/12/2011

Far from being the most popular of journalists within his lifetime (he supported the Iraq wars, intelligently and with erudition, but such taboo thoughts are not popular with the emotional masses),...

Peter Wyeth: Humming New Time

16/12/2011

Found sounds, field recordings, loops. Grabbing them, bringing them together and making music is only one part of the process. Creating a compelling musical narrative from the components is the...

Nitin Sawhney Presents ‘Spin The Globe’ on BBC R2

15/12/2011

Producer, songwriter, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and orchestral composer Nitin Sawhney brings his eclecticism to BBC Radio 2 in January with a series exploring music from all cultures and...

Bear Cavalry

15/12/2011

No, not the Canadian reinforcement to the mounties. Bear Cavalry, it's a band. A bit math-rock in the guitar figure, a bit strop-rock in the vocal. Tipped by Tom Robinson, Edith Bowman and (a...

American Classics UK [Pics]

15/12/2011

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors,...

fiN: Live

15/12/2011

After touring arenas with Incubus, fiN are back 'on the circuit', in this case the intimate surroundings upstairs at north London's Garage. Energised and ferocious, they're beginning...

Christmas Presents: Give Less, Impress More. Bargain!

14/12/2011

Now this is a piece of psychological research that will come in handy. Adding little additional presents to one big gift not only makes you look dithering and a bit needy, but makes the whole package...

Artists’ Families to Benefit from Resales

13/12/2011

Interesting to see how this will be greeted by the bottom-feeders. In a follow-on to September's extension of music copyright law, a similar series of benefits have recently been applied to...

Racism Makes You Miserable

12/12/2011

See, all that time we'd been worrying about how it feels to be on the receiving end of a rascist or xenophobic rant, we should have been worrying about the frothing bigot instead. Flippancy aside...

Four-tailed Galaxy Beast

11/12/2011

Greedy galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy continues to devour its small neighboring dwarf galaxies, and the evidence is spread out across the sky. A team of astronomers led by Sergey Koposov and Vasily...

NASA finds its first habitable planet

11/12/2011

NASA’s Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the “habitable zone,” the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface, on a planet close to a sun-like...

Saggy in the Middle? 77,000 Year-Old Mattress

10/12/2011

Oldest Known Mattresses From South African Rock Shelter: Early humans in South Africa were constructing sleeping mats out of local plants as many as 77,000 years ago, according to a new study. Some...

ASG: Sign To Relapse Records

09/12/2011

Relapse Records is extremely proud to announce the signing of North Carolina’s finest psychedelic, stoner-punks ASG! Impossible to pigeonhole, ASG has been wheelin’ and...

Sound Helps You See!

08/12/2011

This story is for anyone who ever ducked their head in the cinema. Even unconsciously, sound helps us see "Imagine you are playing ping-pong with a friend. Your friend makes a serve. Information...

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