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DRM explained
Digital & Computing

DRM explained

...system they're supposed to protect. Watch Listen Read John Perry Barlow I said that that was going to be a temporary and probably not very effective solution. I mean I think if I, I hope I made it clear that I thought that it was going to be speed bump for a transitional phase where we figured out how the economy really works in this area. And that’s exactly what it’s...
Embarking on a career in cyber security
Digital & Computing

Embarking on a career in cyber security

...systems as well as some of the techniques and technologies that can be used to keep these systems safe from attack. As online systems become an ever important part of our daily lives, they are going to be increasingly attractive targets for a range of cyber attackers. This makes cyber security an important and exciting discipline to work in, with a variety of career paths...
Expert insight: Amazonian challenges and policy responses
Nature & Environment

Expert insight: Amazonian challenges and policy responses

...System and the challenges it faces...The Amazon has a long history of survival, why is it now threatened? Below you’ll find a series of articles that explore the Amazon System and its natural resources in more detail. Read about the interdependencies of these resources, and the effects of the actions taken by man. Is it too late to reverse the decline? What does the...
By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...system currently being rolled out by the Uk government, writes Jacqueline Baxter. ...[Illustration of Dads Army in fire fighter uniform] The UK government has proposed to extend the remit of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to cover other emergency services, including fire and rescue. The system has been called a “failed experiment” by the Independent Police...
Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Simplistic models for understanding Coronavirus: Helpful or harmful?

...systems perspective, this demonstration is a simple system process that has two stages: The population (Bucket 1, which is a population of 65 million) and the health system (which has limited capacity). This system is shown below. [Systems model depicting spread of coronavirus] Systems model in Footman 477 YouTube video The key problem with this ......
Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities
Digital & Computing

Diagramming for development 1: bounding realities

...systems diagramming techniques of Rich pictures, Spray diagrams and Systems maps. Using a case study project based in Africa, the course illustrates the use of powerful use of systems diagramming for international development management. This is a companion course to Diagramming for development 2: exploring inter-relationships...Diagramming for development 1: bounding...
Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...systems. Of course, since votes are still being tallied, we’re not in the clear yet. But current indications are that this was a fairly uneventful election, from a cybersecurity perspective at least. So far, we’ve seen no public evidence of Russian hackers, 400-pound or otherwise, attacking individual voting machines from their bedrooms (to use a very tired old...
Exomoons: astronomers report first ever discovery
Science, Maths & Technology

Exomoons: astronomers report first ever discovery

...system other than our own...[View of mountains against the sky and moon at night] In Star Wars VI we first meet the Ewoks living on the Forest Moon of Endor. The planet Endor itself is a gas giant, but the Forest Moon is a habitable world, peopled by small furry sentient creatures. A new study, published in Science Advances, reports signs of such an “exomoon” orbiting...