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If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors
Science, Maths & Technology

If Infinity Wars had peer review instead of script editors

...publication. Major comments Thanos does not appear to be aware that the Malthusian Theory of Population has been debunked (it does not take into account how advances in technology offset expansions in population). Thus, his justification to vanquish fifty percent of life from the Universe is deeply flawed. If the Infinity Stones grant the power to eliminate life with the...
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What is Double Jeopardy?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Double Jeopardy?

...Public Prosecutions (DPP) must personally consent to an investigation being reopened. The DPP will consider not only the strength of the evidence, but also whether reopening the case is in the public interest. The investigation can only lead to a fresh prosecution if ‘new and compelling’ evidence is uncovered. To be ‘new’, it must not have been available for the...
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Making sense of sudden mass deaths
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making sense of sudden mass deaths

...public memorial gatherings. - Erica Borgstrom The text below was written by Carol Komaromy in 2011, ten years after the 911 attacks: In response to sudden, unexpected and violent death, bereaved people are likely to share the act of searching as one of the initial responses. This searching can be both materially and metaphorically for survivors, reasons and meaning. The...
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‘Bread of Heaven’ – Singing from the same hymn sheet?
History & The Arts

‘Bread of Heaven’ – Singing from the same hymn sheet?

...publication) in 1920. This combination soon found its way into denominational hymnals, such as The Methodist Hymn Book (1933). Despite this, William Williams’ original Welsh text has not become similarly strongly associated with the tune. Instead, a hymn text by another famous Welsh hymn-writer, Ann Griffiths (1776-1805), ‘Wele’n sefyll wrth y myrtwydd’ has often...
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Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?
Society, Politics & Law

Integrated education in Northern Ireland - or divide and sectarianism?

...public use of language on these sensitive debates and engaged in a high profile row conducted through the media. Why is integrated education in Northern Ireland important - and controversial? It is an issue which goes to heart of the multiple number of entangled reasons why Northern Ireland continues to be a deeply divided society 15 years after the Belfast (Good Friday)...
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Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists
Science, Maths & Technology

Throwing light on research by South & Central American scientists

...public in colloquial, familiar language, so that it can also be part of the discoveries and innovations shared throughout the world. On its blog, Ciencia latina explains: La Red Latinoamericana de Blogs de Ciencia nace con el propósito de reunir esfuerzos de divulgación científica realizada por blogueros de diversos países latinoamericanos que, desde sus distintas...
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Remembering Ali: How do The Philippines remember The Thrilla In Manila?
Society, Politics & Law

Remembering Ali: How do The Philippines remember The Thrilla In Manila?

...publicity it would generate for the country. Ronnie Nathanielsz, the government-appointed liaison officer of ‘Thrilla in Manila’, wrote that then President Ferdinand Marcos wanted the international event to demonstrate that the country was peaceful and prosperous despite the declaration of martial law: …he wanted the “Thrilla in Manila” so he could ‘show the...
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Business Bursts: Failure
Health, Sports & Psychology

Business Bursts: Failure

...public debts, rising public deficits and governments have limited room for manoeuvre for boosting the economy. In particular, they're limited in their room for manoeuvre for creating opportunities out of, or new phoenixes out of the ashes of the recession. Now that brings us to a famous economist called Joseph Schumpeter who turned the phrase creative destruction, that...
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