Trebuchet Issue 4

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Send Scriptonite to Palestine!

This is not a conflict, it is a slowly unfolding genocide....

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Googling Pregnancy Advice

Following the women's first visit to the obstetrician, many of them still turned to the Internet -- in the form of both search engines and social media -- to find answers to their questions...

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Buy Before You Die

Marketing's cringiest ebb to date: 'some people might want to spend more and work less – just in case their time runs out'...

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Blake / St. Mungo’s Broadway : Interview

Homelessness can affect anybody and everybody. Homelessness is not a class or economic problem. It’s a social and support problem....

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Matisse Live : Tate Modern

Here art is about joy, tranquillity and hope. Not all art can be like this, but when it is, it is often at its most beautiful and poignant...

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Fat’s ‘Off’ Switch Found

Scientists this week reported that a molecular pathway called mTORC1 controls the conversion of unhealthy white fat into beige fat...

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The Real Deal : M. Patrik Romanskylov [Interview]

I’m the real deal. I had to add so many ‘Posts’ before the ‘Modern’ to make that distinction clear...

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Jon Edwards, Anne-Marie Helder (Panic Room) : Interview

It’s fun for us as musicians to see how the material subtly changes and develops when you play it live...

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How to erase a memory – and restore it

'We can form a memory, erase that memory and we can reactivate it, at will'. UCSD scientists get god-like....

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Politics as usual, Has Failed

In our time, politics as usual has failed to address the most pressing issues of the age...

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The NHS ‘Permanent Frontier’

We either acquiesce to the piecemeal destruction of our public services, or we remove all support for those who seek to destroy them....

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Screentime Makes Kids Sick

Regular exercise and avoiding excessive use of electronic media constitute efficient means of preventing type 2 diabetes and vascular diseases...

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Tech News: Don’t Eat Magnets

This study shows a significant increase in the rate of multiple magnet-related injuries between 2002 and 2012...

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Rush Vinyl Competition

Sign up to our newsletter for the chance to win Rush's legendary debut on limited edition vinyl with loads of extras....

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Environmentally, Graphene is Not All Good

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”H/dropcapad to be. It’s a self-fulfilling prophesy. The wondermaterial that was going to change the destiny of humankind. This time...

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Oops! The Neural Pathway of Error Correction

The first neural circuit for "oops" : the precise moment when one becomes consciously aware of a self-made mistake and takes corrective action...

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Athlete’s Urine : Aged for 10 Years

Samples taken from athletes to spot signs of doping should be stored for 10 years, to enable technology to catch up with substances that currently evade detection...

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Tori Amos : Unrepentant Geraldines

Striking a balance between vivid imagery and staying the right side of the absurdity barrier. Her lyrics might be colourful, but they are never lurid....

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Unlocking the Mysteries of Physics : Quantum Turbulence

Quantum turbulence is the chaotic motion — at very high rates — of fluids that exist at temperatures close to zero....

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Google Glasses to Guide Surgeons

Report on the early uses of Google Glass in the healthcare setting...

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Miami Will Drown, Scientists Say When

Sea level rises threaten Miami. Scientists predict how long the city has got....

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HRH Prog 2 Festival

There were complaints from some quarters that it was an inconvenient location. But it was an equal opportunity inconvenience; it takes just as long wherever you're coming from. HRH Prog 2...

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The Music of Bernard Parmegiani at LCMF

While in Paris Parmegiani's work is usually presented in state of the art, state-subsidised spaces, here it manifests in multi-storey car parks and former carpet factories, both in formerly abject...

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Quantum Cryptography for your Phone

Study into the production of the first 'NSA proof' mobile phone...

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Parcelforce : Payments, Fines, Duties and Pain

It seems the issue is that some post offices, especially at busy times, aren’t careful to mention every eventually that might concern you....

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Black Police Good For Comedy Value

'many United States citizens are not ready to accept an African-American in a serious authoritative role'...

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The World’s Rarest Comic Book

The discovery of a medium grade copy in a thrift sale (following the death of Day’s daughter Gracia) has been confirmed....

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Slammed : Phone Companies Stealing Your Number

Telephone companies can take, replace, steal or remove your number, leaving you with few options, little recourse to complain, and in the dark as to how this can happen...

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Now Computers Can Detect Your Pain

A computer system spots real or faked expressions of pain more accurately than people can...

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Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang : Four Foot Shack

There will be someone out there, bored by the usual, willing to listen to a bluegrass barn-dance inspired acoustic record that contains covers of the Bee Gees and Alice in Chains....

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