Trebuchet Issue 4

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The Debilitating Effects of Shame

Shame on you. These three simple words can temporarily — or, when used too often, permanently — destroy an individual's sense of value and self-worth....

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Gran’s Meds are Making Her Sick

More than 9 million older adults in the U.S. are being prescribed medications that may be causing them more harm than benefit...

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Biological Tests for Happy Worker-bots

Combining information obtained from questionnaires along with biological measures - to make you a sleeker, more efficient profit-unit....

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Dealing With Women in Art

Women are undoubtedly still having to fight against our traditional patriarchal society, but surely the art world is one that can lead by example?...

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Sarcasm, Cynicism, and International Relativism

Cynicism and sarcasm don't have a place in international affairs. Let's fight for what's right....

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Panda Versus Horse Deathmatch

Livestock, particularly horses, have been identified as a significant threat to panda survival. ...

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Def Leppard : Interview

There are so many artists, bands and so many different ways of getting them. It’s taken the special out of it. There’s too much out there. ...

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E. Coli – A Simple Solution

A small piece of freshly cut sapwood can filter out more than 99 percent of the bacteria E. coli from water...

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Plug Car In – Black City Out. Oops.

The growing fleet of electric cars will put a lot of new strain on the United States' aging electrical distribution systems. News item...

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Your Best Memories, All Before 25?

By the time most people are 25, they have made the most important memories of their lives, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire....

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Gagging the Opposition

The UK Parliament has just passed a new gagging law. How will gagging affect a loyal opposition?...

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LCMF Presents the music of Bernard Parmegiani

LCMF Presents the music of Bernard Parmegiani 21-23 March, Britannia House E1...

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Hanging Offence: Parallax Art Fair

Art objects do not have “magical healing” properties either. They cannot make people feel better or worse; informed or misinformed. That is wishful thinking. ...

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Macklemore’s Grammy Gold

After pop rapper Macklemore took Grammy gold, many are crying cultural appropriation. ...

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Rainbow : Singles Box Set 1975 – 1986

If you listen very carefully, you might hear the sound of a barrel being scraped...

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The Drug Dealers and Their Money Men

Legal marijuana dispensaries can't deposit their money, despite the fact that American banks have conspired with violent drug cartels for years. ...

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Drilling into Magma for Geothermal Energy

Drilling into magma is a very rare occurrence anywhere in the world and this is only the second known instance, the first one, in 2007, being in Hawaii...

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Poisoning Coal Country Isn’t Freedom

A Mining Disaster in Coal Country Pushes the Limits of 'Freedom' in Industry...

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Mid-Life Memory Loss : It’s the Booze

Middle-aged men who drink more than 36 grams of alcohol, or two and a half US drinks per day, may speed their memory loss by up to six years later on....

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No Breaks for Hip-Hop Students

Time to fight the power. Black and Latino "hip-hop" students are disproportionately punished in urban schools. ...

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Why Do We Need Sleep?

Sleep may be important because it weakens the connections among brain cells to save energy, avoid cellular stress, and maintain the ability of neurons to respond selectively to stimuli...

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Wind Power to Fight Wind Power

Installing wind power plants at certain favorable locations in a power grid can make the grid more robust against extraneous disruptions...

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My Dark Song : Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil and Charles Manson. The collision of two dominant personalities would certainly be the trigger for the first and, perhaps, all three of the gory and ritualistic Manson Family...

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50 Years of Social Progress. Reversed.

People born in the 1960’s and 70’s will retire poorer than their parents...

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How to Castrate a Hippo

The procedure is notoriously difficult due to problems with anaesthesia and difficulties in locating the testes....

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Suicide Stigma Still Survives

Explaining why suicide is stigmatized and often considered a taboo topic of conversation...

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Spooks in the Machine : The NSA and Gaming

While the leaks continue to prove the extent to which American spy agencies are willing to circumvent and undercut civil liberties, what is more shocking is just how paranoid and out of touch spy...

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A Christmas Consumer Guide to Ethical Food

Talking Turkey: A Christmas Consumer Guide to Ethical Food...

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Fighting Festive Flab

A daily bout of exercise generates vast physiological benefits even when you consume thousands of calories more than you are burning...

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David Lynch : Remixes

Sitting alongside brand new tracks and previously unreleased instrumental versions are a slew of stunning remixes from the varied likes of Bastille, Hot Since 82, Venetian Snares and Bjorn Yttling...

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