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Gonzo Bikery in Huntington Beach

14/11/2013

To be truthful we built the bike as an inside joke. A thumb in the air to every motorcycle cool guy trope we've ever come across. ...

A picture of some onions growing by Sunny Keenan

Dustbowl II : Our Dying Soil

05/11/2013

Cultivating soil continuously for too long destroys the bacteria which convert the organic matter into nutrients...

Mythbusting: Large Immigrant Families and Poverty

30/09/2013

The number of children in immigrant families is not the primary reason more children are living in poverty, a Rutgers study has found....

House Been Repossessed? Blame Robots

12/09/2013

Our findings show that, in this new world of ultrafast robot algorithms, the behavior of the market undergoes a fundamental and abrupt transition to another world where conventional market theories...

A picture of an inhaler, lungs, asthma, medicine

Two-way Killer. Guns Cause Lung Malfunction

10/09/2013

Ironic. Fumes from military arms are causing a decline in lung function shortly after firing practice. ...

Do Pauses in Texting Mean Lies?

07/09/2013

We are starting to identify signs given off by individuals that aren't easily tracked by humans...

Landfill Nation : Reluctance to Recycle

22/08/2013

Insight into the psychological processes influencing recycling behavior....

The Trouble With Harry

20/08/2013

If, by purposeful default, the authorities allow the streets to become a cesspit, don’t be surprised if the people secretly long for the protection of a Police State...

Monstrous Energy – Soft Drinks and Fights

19/08/2013

'Children who drank 4 or more soft drinks per day were more than twice as likely to destroy things' ...

Why Bullies Become Businessmen

08/08/2013

Greed is good. Research shows anti-social tendencies exist throughout the lives of successful entrepreneurs....

Listening Now: Torus Tapes

13/07/2013

Listening Now: Torus Tapes - Each month Trebuchet presents some unusual music that puts you in an inspired place. Come back again. ...

Protect the Precious

10/06/2013

Coordinate Gear: use the discount code 'Trebuchet' and get 10% off the checkout price of outdoor level camera bags (offer ends 17th June)....

What Money Can’t Buy – The Moral Limits of Markets [Review]

05/06/2013

Like all manifestations of human agency, the market is just a tool, a means of negotiating and managing resources. If the markets can corrupt or wreck havoc, it is because we let them. ...

Monkey math

31/05/2013

Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes, humans and monkey maths. ...

The Wrong Kind of Laughter

18/05/2013

Cerebral connectivity patterns differ based on auditory, social information in laughter...

Sports fandom and forgiveness

16/04/2013

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

Lady Shaving : The case for Pubes

06/04/2013

Lady shaving : Micro trauma prompted by lady shaving and scratching might aid spread of Molluscum contagium....

Black Sun Are Dead

26/03/2013

Drum Major Russell MacEwan: “R.I.P. Black Sun. I would like to wish Kevin and Graeme all the very best for the future. Onwards!”...

From Punishment to Performance

26/03/2013

Participants' performance increased systematically as the amount of punishment increased, suggesting that punishment acts as a performance enhancer in a similar way to monetary reward. ...

City layout key to predicting riots

12/03/2013

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....

Your Brain on Drugs… safer

10/03/2013

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...

Tracey get it down ya.

05/03/2013

When fruit flies sense parasitic wasps in their environment, they lay their eggs in an alcohol-soaked environment, essentially forcing their larvae to consume booze as a drug to combat the deadly...

Has evolution given humans unique brain structures?

04/03/2013

By combining different research methods, we now have a first piece of evidence that could prove that humans have unique cortical brain networks....

Adult Choices: Fruit presentation in School Lunchrooms

02/03/2013

In the lunchrooms , changes were implemented to improve the convenience and attractiveness of fruits and vegetables and make the selection of fruits and vegetables seem standard through verbal cues...

Don’t Ask Dad about Drugs

01/03/2013

Parents talking about their own drug use to children could be detrimental as children respond better to antidrug messages when parents don't disclose past drug use....

Stretchy Battery Completed

27/02/2013

Work completed on a rechargeable stretchy battery that can twist and bend -- and return to normal shape...

Parents’ Praise Bad for Toddlers

25/02/2013

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

Alcohol Abusers’ Depression Related to Drinking

24/02/2013

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

“Cities can cut greenhouse emissions by 70%”

21/02/2013

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

Electoral fraud in Moscow

19/02/2013

A large-scale field experiment conducted during the December 2011 parliamentary elections in Russia suggests that fraud had a significant impact on the results. The research marks an advance in...

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