Trebuchet Issue 4

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EGGS! EGGS! EGGS!

This year's EB program showcased cutting-egg nutrition research with wide-reaching public health implications of eaters of eggs....

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Pulsating Coral

Scientists resolve the age old mystery of pulsating coral video...

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Kid Congo Powers : Interview [Part 2]

'I was in and out of the closet. I was a very flamboyant gay teenager and became a rock ‘n’ roller'...

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The Shaking Sensations : Start Stop Worrying

This is an album to induce a trancelike post-rock euphoria, rather than one to focus on. ...

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TV = Antisocial behaviours

Five year-olds who watch TV for three or more hours a day are increasingly likely to develop antisocial behaviours...

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Hanging Offence : Charlie Dutton Gallery

'communications between gallerists, artists and the viewers can become misunderstood: rudeness, anxieties and insecurities are a lethal cocktail'...

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Hot Memory, Cold Sore

The virus that causes cold sore s, along with other viral or bacterial infections, may be associated with cognitive problems...

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Men and women get sick in different ways

A new study highlights evidence for considerable differences between the sexes in five domains – cardiovascular disease, cancer, liver diseases, osteoporosis, and pharmacology....

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Sports fandom and forgiveness

Celebrity confessions : Deep in Sports fandom do we really believe that anyone believes them anymore? ...

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Sexuality and Dementia

Managing the delicate issue of sexual expression amongst people with dementia. Sexuality and Dementia study produced by Griffith University....

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The Most Interesting Man In The World: George W. Bush

The overall trait of the dog is loyalty, an instinct of which George W. Bush seemed to possess none. So why is he painting them?...

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Robert Louis Jefferson

In the late 19th century Journalist and Epic Cyclist Robert Louis Jefferson made some spectacular cycles from London to the Constantinople, Khiva and beyond....

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Telomeres, immortal genes and cancer

This key to immortality involves telomeres : "Cancer is very smart to have figured out a way to use a mechanism to live longer," Yan said ...

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Lost Elvis Duets

'the presumably bouffant Miss Springfield replies tartly: ‘I think we are ready to work now Mr. Presley.’ SWP reviews the legendary lost Elvis duets....

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Shaky Kane : Interview

A pencil and a cheap drawing pad - those are the only tools you need, that and an idea bursting to get out the graphite running up that stick of wood'...

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Reintroducing the Quantum Drum

mechanical micro-drum used as quantum memory...

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Back Bears a heavy Burden

Trudging from place to place with heavy weights on our backs is an everyday reality, from schoolchildren toting textbooks in backpacks to firefighters and soldiers carrying occupational gear....

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City layout key to predicting riots

Developed by researchers at UCL, the model highlights the importance of considering the layout of cities in order for police to suppress disorder as quickly as possible once a riot is in progress....

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Your Brain on Drugs… safer

A new study published in the March issue of The American Journal of Pathology suggests that cortical type 2 cannabinoid (CB2) receptors (activated when we use drugs) might serve as potential...

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Feed Your Mind: King’s Brings the Yum

More PhDs than a senior common room on test match day, with a solid showing from the medical and psychology departments suggesting that this is set to be an event of genuine scholarship and...

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Time is Tights : London Super Comics Convention

Modern corporate comics are creatively empty franchises that have completely lost touch with the general public....

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Hanging Offence: GV Art

'I am often attracted to art that is so challenging it feels as though it has hit me in the gut leaving me speechless and tangled in thoughts'...

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Miscarriage and War Stress

Rocket attacks in Sderot, Israel significantly increase the likelihood of miscarriages, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers....

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Democracy and Dubai Shopping Trips ; An Academic in Africa

I would suggest that the fear of violent reprisal, or the knowledge that casting your vote made no difference because the seat had already been bought would lead some to conclude that they were not...

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Parents’ Praise Bad for Toddlers

Toddlers whose parents' praise their efforts more than they praised them as individuals had a more positive approach to challenges five years later....

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Alcohol Abusers’ Depression Related to Drinking

Experts have long known that heavy drinking can spur temporary episodes of depression—what's known as "substance-induced depression."...

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Kids Teach Parents Environmentalism

Kids teach parents? Apparently so. A child can directly influence the attitude and behaviour of their parents towards the environment without them even knowing it. ...

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Marketing Stereotypes to Gender

Marketing technique: Activating gender stereotypes just to knock 'em down....

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“Cities can cut greenhouse emissions by 70%”

Cities around the world can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by implementing aggressive but practical policy changes....

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Fire in the Blood [Film]

A healthcare industry that is allowed to continue monopolising the world will see many more needless deaths, all in the name of indifference and bottom dollar...

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