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Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Explainer: Einstein's Theory of General Relativity

...fact it cannot be combined with the standard model of particle physics are all thoroughly interesting topics. To have the time to describe them all, we would need to be accelerating near the speed of light … or in a strong gravitational field. This article was originally published on The Conversation on 11 October 2011. Read the original article there.[The Conversation]...
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Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life
Science, Maths & Technology

Smarty pants: wearable electronics will recharge your life

...activities under medical care. But for those of us for whom batteries are a constant item on the shopping list, perhaps the biggest change that wearable electronics offers is freedom from needing to buy spare batteries. Now that will make a difference to my personal retail experience. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?
Society, Politics & Law

Who is Justin Trudeau - and how did he become Canada's new Prime Minister?

...or the magic of the Trudeau name, the end result is a majority government. The party added 21 percentage points to its share of the vote in 2011. Once the dominant Canadian political party at the federal level, the Liberals are back – and a new Trudeau era has begun.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
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Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...in the form of strident attack ads retrieved from their Cold War arsenals? Bernie Sanders is now mounting a serious challenge to Hillary Clinton, whose all-too intimate alliance with Wall St and the high end of the US establishment may further erode her credibility with Democratic voters. This article was originally published on OpenDemocracy.net under a CC-BY-NC licence...
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Recovery at the Rugby World Cup
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery at the Rugby World Cup

...et al. (2014) concluded that there is evidence that compression garments are moderately effective in enhancing recovery from exercise induced muscle damage. So it would seem that there is some value to using compression garments to aid recovery. Massage [massage ] Massage is commonly used by rugby players to enhance their recovery between matches, for example, the England...
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Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
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Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love

...article contains spoilers about season five, episode three of Homeland. The battle for public opinion over whether former CIA employee Edward Snowden was right to blow the whistle and leak state secrets might just be won, not in the press or the US Congress, but in fiction. New Bond film Spectre has just been released with a decidedly pro-Snowden slant, Oliver Stone is...
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It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round
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It's a run-off: Argentina's presidential election goes to a second round

...with Argentina’s Pumas playing in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals on the same day. But the tight result at last stirred things up. Everyone is now on notice: Argentina’s hard-won post-neoliberal consensus might, against all predictions, actually be at stake.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic
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Ahmed Hussen's election is another element in Canada's mosaic

...organization al-Shabaab. But Hussen says the numbers are very small. “The vast majority of the community is moving forward. They're integrating. The young people are graduating from colleges and universities. They are increasingly able to access jobs and professions.” This article was originally published on Global Voices; an audio version was first broadcast on PRI....
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