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Learning from the past with historic buildings
History & The Arts

Learning from the past with historic buildings

...Energy Historic buildings are the product of three factors: location, culture and climate. These relationships were eroded during the twentieth century: construction industries changed, architecture and design practices embraced global modernism, but also, and this has been slow to be recognised, from changing energy sources. Changes that started with the Industrial...
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Knickerbocker glory: Explore healthy eating
Education & Development

Knickerbocker glory: Explore healthy eating

...energy because this sugar is made up of ‘simple’ carbohydrates. But some fruit, like bananas and apples, give you long-lasting energy because they contain ‘complex’ carbohydrates. Sweets and syrup taste good and give you a quick boost of energy because they contain sugary simple carbohydrates which are burnt up quickly by our bodies. The problem is sweets and...
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Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends
Science, Maths & Technology

Emmy Noether: Bucking the historical trends

...energy, which cannot be created or destroyed. It is Noether's theorem that relates this conservation law to the underlying symmetry of space itself – in fact, the conservation of energy is a result of the fact that empty space 'looks the same' from one moment to the next. Put another way, if empty space were rough or lumpy, then energy would be lost as things moved...
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Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency
Nature & Environment

Retrofitting older buildings to help mitigate the climate emergency

...energy demand and associated carbon emissions is, therefore, a key strategy that has been highlighted by the UK Committee on Climate Change and is acknowledged in the Government’s recent heat and buildings strategy. However, 20-30% (that's over ten million homes) of the UK housing stock have heritage value. Many of these buildings aren’t officially designated, meaning...
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Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?
Nature & Environment

Can eating seaweed and algae keep the world fed?

...energy to do so, leaving less energy for growth and reproduction. Consequently, they up smaller in size. Aside from the impact this has on shellfish, several of the species affected, such as corals in the tropics or coralline algae in the waters around the UK, also play a key role in providing food and nursing grounds for fish. And less fish food leads to fewer fish for...
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Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?

...energy and loss of interest in an activity. Secondly, feelings of low personal accomplishment and low self-esteem leading to a decrement in performance. Thirdly, depersonalisation and devaluation, where an individual starts caring less about their sport and what was originally important to them. Keep on running! [two male footballers running on the pitch] Football is an...
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Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection
Science, Maths & Technology

Does the universe have a heartbeat? The science of cosmic connection

...energy keeps stars spinning at a precise rhythm. Here is the science behind three cosmic phenomena that just happen to look, and sound, like the symbols of love. 1. Why does the universe glow red? [The Heart Nebula]The Heart Nebula. If you look at the constellation Cassiopeia, about 6,000 light-years away, there is a colossal cloud of gas called the Heart Nebula. It looks...
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Does counting calories work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does counting calories work?

...energy he expends. These tools bring an apparent precision: Nash can quantify the calories in each cracker crunched and stair climbed. But when it comes to weight gain, he finds that not all calories are equal. How much weight he gains or loses seems to depend less on the total number of calories, and more on where the calories come from and how he consumes them. The...
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