Trebuchet Issue 4

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Grovel and Go. Why Volkswagen Hope You’ll Forgive and Forget

Study: Companies like Volkswagen often apologize, silence stakeholders, forget the scandal ...

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Can You Tell Your Toes Apart? Try this Toe Test

Research from Oxford University suggests we may have a problem telling our toes apart...

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I didn’t forget your Birthday, I just have Delayed Remembering

Kids can remember tomorrow what they forgot today ...

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Love being dirty. Loving sounding dirty (Mother’s Cake)

Austria's hardest rockers talk to Trebuchet after their clamorous European support slot with Limp Bizkit...

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I want to party hard, but you won’t let me (Best Friends. Sebright Arms)

Where is the quirky charming genius of 'Surf Bitches', 'Nosebleeds', 'Happy Anniversary'? I want to party hard tonight but you won’t let me. Best friends...

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More Cash, Less Ash. Raising pay can reduce smoking rates

Raising pay can reduce smoking rates ...

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UK Culture is Becoming a Dead Parrot. What do you want? Cash?

The Warwick report offers sensible guidelines for the future of UK Culture. But will anyone in power heed it?...

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They’re still here, but have they still got it? (Motörhead)

Motörhead : With their 22nd album Bad Magic, have the legends still got it?...

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Legends of music congregate for the faithful (Ramblin’ Man Fair 2015)

It was a weekend to wear your denim (double or triple) and not to care too deeply about musical fashions, time, or even bad behaviour. ...

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No Passion for Your Job? Don’t Worry, We Can Supply That.

People who have not found their perfect fit in a career can take heart: There is more than one way to attain passion for work....

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A Hypocrite’s Guide to the Internet (Part two)

Drew Michael walks us through more examples of our own miserable double-think....

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Does Having Racially Diverse Friends Boost Your Career? Oh Yes

Employees with a racially diverse group of friends outside of work may actually perform better at their jobs, a new study suggests....

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The decadent and defiant paintings of Nick Brown

The drips that flow from Brown’s landscapes don’t just enhance the unceasing presence of movement that circulates through his work, but they exude a ghostly aura that brings to mind the passing...

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Crank Thy Humbuckers – Ratatat Release Magnifique

Mahoosive dynamics, the customary duelling guitar chops, and surf drums pulling everything together. Air guitar and dancefloor screwface, in one handy pack. Cribbens!...

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Seeking (and finding) the Soft-Bodied Jumping Robot

By seamlessly blending soft and rigid body parts -- a structural innovation used by animals and insects -- a team of Harvard scientists has created a new kind of durable, soft-bodied jumping robot...

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Moving glass, Bending Light. Linda Sue Price (Interview)

Experience neon in a new way — not as a sign — rather as fluidly moving glass ...

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Smartphone App Says ‘Go Home, You’re Drunk’

The Alcohol Tracker smartphone app enables users to log the number of beers/shots/glasses of wine they have knocked back on a given day which it then tots up for them in units...

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Working those Muscles in Artificial Gravity

For the first time, we're showing there's a symbiosis when one combines the best aspects of exercise, and the best aspects of artificial gravity. ...

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Next-Generation Hydrogel Sprayskin : Stretchy Scabs!

A new protein-based hydrogel sprayskin that, when exposed to light, mimics many of the properties of elastic tissue....

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Nobel Laureates Call for Climate Protection

Without climate protection, our ever-increasing demand for food, water, and energy will eventually overwhelm the Earth's ability to satisfy humanity's needs....

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It’s Gonna Be a Long Day : NASA Add Extra Time

"Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down a bit, so leap seconds are a way to account for that,"...

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Black holes: Killers, or benign copy machines?

Proponents of the firewall theory take an all-or-nothing approach to complementarity. Without perfection, they say, there can only be fiery death....

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We Can Heal That For You Wholesale : Injectable Medichines

Electronic devices that can be injected directly into the brain, or other body parts, and treat everything from neurodegenerative disorders to paralysis...

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Secret Trade Courts: are the scales TTIPing?

Tobacco companies could get litigious if a country passes laws to help people quit smoking. Agrochemicals companies could throw the book at governments that block chemicals they consider dangerous....

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Money, Masculinity, and Marital Infidelity

The affairs of economically dependent men simply don't garner media attention, so we hear about this kind of infidelity far less often...

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Death in the Afternoon : Political Slaughter in Spain

Personal charisma, rockstar presentation and the common touch may indeed be a successful formula for political power....

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When citizens TURN. Documenting Disobedience

The kinds of people who engage in noncompliance are the same people who believe the government responds to their feedback....

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South Sudan : Towards Redemption, Towards Peace

They wanted peace, a chance to return to their homes....

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You like? Social media, sharing and sales

Marketing campaigns focused on social media and socioeconomic groupings are likely to give the greatest boost...

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Bricks and Mortar has good news in store

When brick-and-mortar stores were added, consumers made more frequent purchases overall....

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