Author: Trebuchet News

Some of the news that we find inspiring, diverting, wrong or so very right.
good dads

Good Dads Make Happy Kids (and they don’t even need to clean up)

24/11/2016

How new fathers see themselves in child's early years seems to be most influential on kids' later life...

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musical training

Musical Training Combats ADHD in Kids

23/11/2016

Musical training creates new brain connections in children ...

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hulk, masculine norms

Are You Dying to Keep Up With Masculine Norms?

22/11/2016

Men who adhere to masculine norms risk mental health problems...

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Walnuts

Want Smart and Legal Mood-Enhancement (for Men)? Read On

21/11/2016

The key to a better mood for young men is found in walnuts...

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No, Really. You Definitely Won’t Guess What’s Cooling the Arctic

20/11/2016

An unexpected ally in the fight against climate change. ...

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Uncombable Hair

First World Problems: Decoding the Uncombable Hair Gene

19/11/2016

Uncombable hair gene discovered ...

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nature's roundest thing

Are YOU Nature’s Roundest Thing?

18/11/2016

Max Planck Institute scholars answer the question: what is the roundest thing in the universe?...

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Girl and highland cow

Cow Goes Moo: Disney’s Artificial Intelligence Project Gets Ears

17/11/2016

Artificial intelligence-based system associates images with sounds ...

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subtropical rainfall

Get the Washing In! New Projections for Subtropical Rainfall

16/11/2016

Study finds less gloomy outlook for subtropical rainfall ...

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magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Ham – A Touch TOO Heston?

14/11/2016

Magnetic Resonance Imaging to predict the salt content of Iberian ham ...

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Meteorites Show Martian Drought Was Long-Lived

13/11/2016

Mars is incredibly dry, and has been that way for millions of years....

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Life: Crawling Along for 3.2 Billion Years.

09/11/2016

Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought ...

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earworms

Earworms: A Guide to Making Them, And Getting Rid of Them

06/11/2016

Why some songs get stuck in your head ...

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pumpkin star

Happy Hallowe’en From NASA, With a Bunch of Pumpkin Stars

31/10/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”T/dropcapopical news from NASA couldn’t be more timely on this Hallowe’en day. They’ve found a bunch of stars that look...

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Forget Hornby, How About 3D Printing the Universe?

30/10/2016

Physicists make it possible to 3-D print your own baby universe ...

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Pacific spiny dogfish shark

Born Slippy: The Freaky Chemistry of the Pacific Spiny Dogfish Shark

29/10/2016

How sharks recycle toxic ammonia to keep their skin moist ...

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edible insects

Tastes Like Chicken? Wiggly Meat and the Rise of Edible Insects

28/10/2016

The buzz about edible bugs: Can they replace beef? ...

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FastFags: Growing More Tobacco, Quicker Tobacco

27/10/2016

Scientists at MIPT beat the clock by quickly finding out what makes plants tick...

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Autumn leaves

Is That Russet, Vermillion or Pheophytin A? The Science of Autumn

26/10/2016

Mendel's Stay-Green gene encodes an enzyme that extracts magnesium from chlorophyll, colouring our Autumn vistas...

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‘Middle England’ faces lowest psychosis risk

25/10/2016

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcaphite, middle class, older. Psychosis and its attendent conditions are a lower risk for those who fit into the ‘Middle...

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cannabinoid receptor

Rosetta Stoned: Decyphering the Primary Cannabis Receptor

24/10/2016

Structure of primary cannabinoid receptor is revealed ...

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Motocross Kids Get Injured Often – End This Madness!

22/10/2016

Study finds youth motocross racing injuries severe despite required safety gear ...

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Renewable energy flooring by Stephanie PrecourtUW-Madison

The Next Step for Renewable Energy. Literally

21/10/2016

Move over, solar: The next big renewable energy source could be at our feet ...

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touch typists

Are You as Fast as A Touch Typist? Probably

20/10/2016

Today's self-taught typists almost as fast as touch typists - with one crucial proviso...

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You WILL Go Into The Round Hole! Genomics Creates Climateproof Grapes

19/10/2016

Genomics breakthrough paves way for climate-tolerant wine grape varieties ...

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Worked to Death: The Key to Making High-Stress Jobs Less Lethal

18/10/2016

Lack of control over high-stress jobs leads to early grave ...

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No Rain, No Rivers Flow? Ethiopia to Benefit from Climate Change

16/10/2016

Climate change may help Ethiopia, and increase the country's access to water ...

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Global Sustainability : Futile Surface-Scratching or Hope for the Future?

15/10/2016

Global sustainability projects offer hope for the future ...

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The Lethal Cocktail of Heart Drugs You Need To Know About

13/10/2016

New study links common pair of drugs to increased risk for fatal heart condition...

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Tin Foil Hats. No, Really: The dementia risk of galactic cosmic ray exposure

11/10/2016

UCI study raises questions about long-term brain health after extended spaceflights...

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