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Epilepsy and Violent Crime are Not linked

28/12/2011

Having epilepsy is not linked to committing violent crime Despite public opinion to the contrary, having the neurological condition epilepsy is not directly associated with an increased risk of...

The Tyranny of Novelty

28/12/2011

We hear it over and over again (even though it is not yet precisely true): people don’t want to pay for recorded music. And what is recorded music? Music that has been thoughtfully written and...

Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh – If You Can Find It

27/12/2011

Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh. Trees that produce frankincense – used in incense and perfumes across the world and a key part of the Christmas story – are declining so dramatically that...

Trace Elements: Workaholic

27/12/2011

During a party thrown to celebrate my 2nd birthday, apparently, my Grandma asked me the big question “Where’s Daddy?” I’m told my response was to point over to a framed photo...

Salt policy makers eat too much salt at work

26/12/2011

Salt policy makers in the Netherlands are consuming more than the average daily recommended salt intake of 6 grams in one hot meal at their work canteens, finds a study in the Christmas issue...

Happy Christmas from the Stars

25/12/2011

No, it's not a bunch of z-list celebs wishing you seasons greetings in aid of their favourite charidee. It's an actual angel in the stars. What better news item for all at Trebuchet Magazine...

Loitered Lens: Inmoria [Pics]

25/12/2011

Inmoria bring a new level of power and confidence to power metal. It's all in the wrist and the jaw. There is a metal tendon that joins both appendages (and in true metal the jaw is not...

Do you hear what I hear? Noise exposure surrounds us

24/12/2011

Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities. Researchers at the University of Michigan found that...

“By Imbeciles Who Really Mean It”: Lost Verities and Dirty Hippies

24/12/2011

Regardless of the dissembling of corporate state propagandists, free market capitalism has always been a government subsidized, bubble-inflating, swindlers’ game, in which, psychopathic...

What’s Your Poison?: Which Kills You Quicker – Wine or Beer?

23/12/2011

Title of the press release: 'Are there differences in mortality among wine consumers and other alcoholic beverages?' Um, doubt it. Not unless Chateau Lafitte has spme hitherto undiscovered...

Candytree: The Cathode Rain

23/12/2011

Candytree have consistently released album for what seems like decades. They exist as something emblematic of persistence. The Cathode Rain is startling is so far as they sound completely rejuvenated...

Yeah Boyeeeee! Language Learning through hip-hop

22/12/2011

Well, there is a certain logic to this. Flava Flav's perennial cry of 'What time is it?' could be useful. Language learning through hip-hop music Listeners can learn new vocabulary...

Astral Projection and Ableton: Mono/Poly Interview

22/12/2011

Paramatma is about the supersoul.., I got it from a Vedic scripture and it talks (about) having the omnipresent god-spirit inside of you, that it’s (Paramatma) the observer and you’re the doer. -...

First Earth-Sized Planets Found

21/12/2011

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered the first Earth-size planets orbiting a Sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star...

Fight! An Academic in Africa

21/12/2011

I did not really understand about how he owed N20,000 to some sort of workers’ co-op on campus. ...

Summer Camp Stream Their Christmas Single

20/12/2011

Vrey quickly then, before it's all over your radio and driving you mentile…. Summer Camp (they of Welcome To Condale on Moshi Moshi) have just sent us this stream of their (well,...

Trace Elements: Taboo

20/12/2011

So it’s Tuesday morning and I’m writing copy from home for a tobacco firm. What makes it worse ethically and karmically is they’re global. Plus I’ve just noticed the words...

Red Fang: Tour Dates

19/12/2011

RED FANG announces European tour with Mastodon Having just wrapped up their highly successful North American run with Mastodon, RED FANG has confirmed that they will be heading to Europe this Winter...

DJ Food: The Search Engine

19/12/2011

This is the land, where nothing changes, the land of red buses & blue blooded babies, This is the place, where pensioners are raped, And the hearts are being cut, from the welfare state, Let the...

If Only it Were So Simple: An Algorithm to Predict Hit Songs

18/12/2011

Can science predict a hit song? Most people remember listening to the official UK top 40 singles chart and watching the countdown on Top of the Pops, but can science work out which songs are more...

Loitered Lens: If [Pics]

18/12/2011

Who are these men? Where do they come from? How do they keep going? Shut up and pass the gasoline. A band comes together for so many reasons and after a while the purpose becomes unimportant....

Physics meet Music, Music meet Physics

17/12/2011

An internationally renowned composer and an award-winning violinist, are bringing particle physics to life through a series of classical compositions. The composer Edward Cowie is teaming up with...

Dying Empire Bebop

17/12/2011

Outside my apartment window, across a wind-blown courtyard, the crimson leaves of a white oak are falling into a swirling breeze, revealing the gnarled limbs and stark branches of the time-battered...

Christopher Hitchens: RIP

16/12/2011

Far from being the most popular of journalists within his lifetime (he supported the Iraq wars, intelligently and with erudition, but such taboo thoughts are not popular with the emotional masses),...

Peter Wyeth: Humming New Time

16/12/2011

Found sounds, field recordings, loops. Grabbing them, bringing them together and making music is only one part of the process. Creating a compelling musical narrative from the components is the...

Nitin Sawhney Presents ‘Spin The Globe’ on BBC R2

15/12/2011

Producer, songwriter, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and orchestral composer Nitin Sawhney brings his eclecticism to BBC Radio 2 in January with a series exploring music from all cultures and...

Bear Cavalry

15/12/2011

No, not the Canadian reinforcement to the mounties. Bear Cavalry, it's a band. A bit math-rock in the guitar figure, a bit strop-rock in the vocal. Tipped by Tom Robinson, Edith Bowman and (a...

American Classics UK [Pics]

15/12/2011

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors,...

fiN: Live

15/12/2011

After touring arenas with Incubus, fiN are back 'on the circuit', in this case the intimate surroundings upstairs at north London's Garage. Energised and ferocious, they're beginning...

Christmas Presents: Give Less, Impress More. Bargain!

14/12/2011

Now this is a piece of psychological research that will come in handy. Adding little additional presents to one big gift not only makes you look dithering and a bit needy, but makes the whole package...

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