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Science Communication and Public Engagement
Science, Maths & Technology

Science Communication and Public Engagement

...technological, societal and cultural change? The Royal Institution: Christmas lectures Baroness Susan Greenfield discusses her experience of delivering the first Christmas lecture to be given by a woman, in 1994. Faraday’s Royal Institution What influence did Michael Faraday have in transforming the Royal Institution, both as the scientific director, and as a presenter...
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Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Health Sciences: Visual Impairment

...technology Derek uses in his office Retaining Independence How Derek found the motivation to do training and remain employed. Inequalities of Opportunity Derek highlights the issues that affect the daily lives of people with visual impairment How Contact Lenses Work An ophthalmologist outlines the differences between hard and soft lenses Lens Material A Contamac polymer...
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What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?
Languages

What makes it hard for migrants to learn the language of their new home?

...education, aptitude, teaching program, language proximity or access to interactional opportunities. Language learning is not at all a simple task and most people readily forget that it takes about twelve years to learn your first language. The first five or six years from birth are devoted to acquiring oral fluency and then another six years or so are needed to learn how...
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How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?
Science, Maths & Technology

How does earthquake science help us track North Korea's nuclear tests?

...technology, it is only possible to place a nuclear device a few kilometres below the ground; if an earthquake occurs at a depth of more than 10km, we can be certain it is not a nuclear explosion. Studies of the numerous nuclear tests that took place during the Cold War show that explosions generate larger P waves than S waves when compared with earthquakes. Explosions...
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Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...technology and a physician, told television interviewers. Vardhan’s response showed the reluctance or inability of the government to do anything about a meteorological phenomenon called atmospheric inversion that hits northern India in winter. Atmospheric inversions are formed of layers of warm air that trap pollutants closer to the surface of the earth and prevent them...
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Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan
Nature & Environment

Canada & UK launch coal phaseout plan

...technologies [good luck with that!], at least one country was prepared to extend its ban to another unsustainable energy technology. Inuit gains Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which represents more than 60,000 indigenous people, said a coal phaseout would have “very positive impacts” for Canadian Inuit who had been “affected by global emissions...
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Should we tax robots who replace humans in the workplace?
Money & Business

Should we tax robots who replace humans in the workplace?

...technology. What’s often overlooked is the role that tax policies play in this. Current policies in many countries, including the US and UK, encourage automation even when it would not otherwise be efficient. Plus, the switch to automation also dramatically reduces the government’s tax revenue because fewer human workers mean fewer tax contributions. This means that...
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To the Moon and beyond
Science, Maths & Technology

To the Moon and beyond

...technology capable of doing so. Indeed, there is ongoing research to produce such an instrument. It is anticipated that the next decade will witness a successful application of this technology which can be replicated for future crewed missions and perhaps even for developing a future Moon base. From 1-7th July 2019, the Open University joins four other institutions to...
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