Trebuchet Issue 4

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Working those Muscles in Artificial Gravity

For the first time, we're showing there's a symbiosis when one combines the best aspects of exercise, and the best aspects of artificial gravity. ...

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Next-Generation Hydrogel Sprayskin : Stretchy Scabs!

A new protein-based hydrogel sprayskin that, when exposed to light, mimics many of the properties of elastic tissue....

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Nobel Laureates Call for Climate Protection

Without climate protection, our ever-increasing demand for food, water, and energy will eventually overwhelm the Earth's ability to satisfy humanity's needs....

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It’s Gonna Be a Long Day : NASA Add Extra Time

"Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down a bit, so leap seconds are a way to account for that,"...

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Black holes: Killers, or benign copy machines?

Proponents of the firewall theory take an all-or-nothing approach to complementarity. Without perfection, they say, there can only be fiery death....

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We Can Heal That For You Wholesale : Injectable Medichines

Electronic devices that can be injected directly into the brain, or other body parts, and treat everything from neurodegenerative disorders to paralysis...

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Secret Trade Courts: are the scales TTIPing?

Tobacco companies could get litigious if a country passes laws to help people quit smoking. Agrochemicals companies could throw the book at governments that block chemicals they consider dangerous....

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Money, Masculinity, and Marital Infidelity

The affairs of economically dependent men simply don't garner media attention, so we hear about this kind of infidelity far less often...

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Death in the Afternoon : Political Slaughter in Spain

Personal charisma, rockstar presentation and the common touch may indeed be a successful formula for political power....

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When citizens TURN. Documenting Disobedience

The kinds of people who engage in noncompliance are the same people who believe the government responds to their feedback....

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South Sudan : Towards Redemption, Towards Peace

They wanted peace, a chance to return to their homes....

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You like? Social media, sharing and sales

Marketing campaigns focused on social media and socioeconomic groupings are likely to give the greatest boost...

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Bricks and Mortar has good news in store

When brick-and-mortar stores were added, consumers made more frequent purchases overall....

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Megatron or Optimus Prime : Which Leader Are You?

The Transformers' characters and the stories told in the cartoon are a modern example of traditional folklore as a means of educating individuals about leadership....

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10x the Speed! Boosting Wifi with Photodiodes

The system can potentially send data at up to 100 megabits per second....

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That serotonin high is a gut feeling

It is estimated that 90 percent of the body's serotonin is made in the digestive tract....

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Fish brings Misplaced Childhood back on tour

It was not only a breakthrough album for the band but also for me as an artist because I was finally discovering my own individual style as a lyricist and singer....

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Too scared to sleep? Nightmares and insomnia – the link

Depression and insomnia are strongest risk factors for frequent nightmares ...

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Giving Drones Morphable Wings

This finding will greatly help make flapping winged drones much more robust....

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Defining ‘Natural’. Why ALL food additives need standards.

After decades of debate there remains no generally accepted definition of a "natural" food product....

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Despair, evil, murder and suicide. Monthly Metal Medley

This is like rolling a natural 20 in a particularly bleak game of D&D. You’ve lucked out, and the Gods do smile upon thee, which is certainly a step up from most weeks when it’s more like an...

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Wigger, Wigga, Once Again

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”F/dropcapurther musings on whether we were racist to use the term ‘wigga’ in a Trebuchet article…. Wigga. The word...

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All about that Vertebral Wedging

Men prefer women who exhibit specific angles of spinal curvature over buttock mass...

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Cannibalisation: recycling of recyclings of recyclings [Asmus Tietchens : Fahl]

Does the strategy of infinite recycling accrue a new aesthetic or degrade the existing one?...

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Turbulent times : The Physics of Clouds

Being based in London, Trebuchet gets quite a lot of practise with clouds. Next up: The physics of black nose-crust/Tube bogies? In 1941, Russian physicist Andrey Kolmogorov developed a theory of...

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I Want it NOW! How Rarity Affects Desire

Psychologists have long known that you can make a consumer good more desirable by making it appear rare. ...

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Maximum Social Network = Minimum Disaster Impact

Having more extensive social networks is sort of a backup strategy for people....

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Meditating For Eternal Youth

UCLA researchers found that meditation appeared to help preserve the brain's gray matter, the tissue that contains neurons....

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Zakk Wylde [Black Label Society] : Interview

I always tell kids that you gotta have passion for whatever it is you're playing. It's easier said than done....

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Ramblin’ Man Fair [25-26 July]

Blues, Classic rock, country, prog, gourmet food, a beer festival, spoken word stage, music cinema, luxury camping and accommodation. Hoo YAH!...

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