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Small Data: Star Wars release & broadcast dates
History & The Arts

Small Data: Star Wars release & broadcast dates

...changes in the entertainment industry?...[Line for the May 19th midnight showing of Star Wars: Episode I at the Stuart Theatre in Lincoln, Nebraska. May 18, 1999] A queue to see the 1999 Phantom Menace in Nebraska. But are Star Wars less patient now? You used to have to be quite patient as a British cinema fan - films would open in America, and then, eventually, they'd...
The genetics of autism
Health, Sports & Psychology

The genetics of autism

...changes that are not inherited from either parent, so-called de novo mutations, can also play a role in the development of autism. Researchers think that these de novo gene variants may play a more prominent role in those families where just one person has autism (also called sporadic autism). The occurrence of new genetic changes, not inherited from either parent, could...
Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?
Money & Business

Systems explained: What do we mean by feedback?

...the greater the deviation from a healthy, less stressed frame of mind, the more difficult it becomes to correct it (through drugs, relaxation, change in lifestyle, etc). The danger of overcompensating in the other direction also increases through, for example, dependence on anti-depressant drugs or rash changes in other areas of life. [Feedback animation - boat and plane]...
Buddhist Economics
Society, Politics & Law

Buddhist Economics

...change? Dr Mike Lucas assesses the changes to conventional accounting methods, and management teaching, that would be needed to establish a new business model based on Buddhist economics. Economics and accounting of the future? Alan Shipman and Dr Mike Lucas of The Open University discuss the problems of adopting new business models in a world where accounting and...
Making Social Worlds
Society, Politics & Law

Making Social Worlds

...Changes in policy Sir Bernard Crick talking about the limitations of new citizenship policy. Migrant labour Sir Bernard Crick talking about changes in migrant worker recruitment. Freedom of speech The benefits of free speech in Britain and how it compares with other nations. Australian citizenship ceremony An Australian citizenship ceremony. The past politics of...
Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...changed significantly. Death used to be commonplace and most people would have either been with someone who died or been to see someone who died as part of saying goodbye. Most deaths happened at home and not in hospital. The people who would have supported you before a death and afterwards would have come from your family, community or your faith leader. Today the people...
The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...changing our money futures – behaviour. Barney encourages us to be more aware of our agency and autonomy around money – and around life. Transcript Barney, aka The Escape Artist, can be found here. [Portrait of Jonquil]Podcast 4: Jonquil Lowe Beware of financial scams! Jonquil is an economist, financial educator and is a prolific author, having written more than 30...
Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs
Health, Sports & Psychology

Reframing Self-Limiting Beliefs

...change how we think about ourselves, reframing unhelpful beliefs and building more confidence to achieve goals and positively move forward in life...Unconscious self-limiting beliefs and attitudes Psychologists have long been fascinated with the fact that people don’t just form attitudes about themselves that they can tell you about when asked (‘I am particularly good...