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Atom Bomb in Popular Culture
History & The Arts

Atom Bomb in Popular Culture

...end. Mad About A Bomb By the end of the 1950s, public opinion about the bomb had started to shift. A Bomb Under Reagan By the 1970s the Cold War tensions were beginning to thaw, as people grew less worried about nuclear catastrophe than about the Vietnam War. A Bomb On The Loose By the 1980s the Soviet Union had spent decades pouring money into weapons and foreign wars....
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Money and Emotions
Money & Business

Money and Emotions

...public) think and decide about money. xDelia is funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme... Money and Emotions The xDelia project is a European Commission funded research programme being conducted by The Open University and other partners to research the link between emotions and financial decisions. The aim is to devise new ways to bolster...
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EU Referendum - Sovereignty
Society, Politics & Law

EU Referendum - Sovereignty

...health of financial firms under the Prudential Regulation Agency. But it’s also too old and wise an institution to take political sides in the Brexit debate. The assessment it published last October states clearly that EU membership has made the UK economy more open to trade, which helps it become more competitive and innovative. But it also points out that greater...
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The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

The Origins of the Idea of the Industrial Revolution

...public discussions during the 1780s. There was a fascination with the recent take-off of the cotton mills, which tended to be discerned in two ways: the steep rise in exports of cotton goods and imports of raw cotton, and the new technologies used in the cotton manufacture. For example, in a passage added to Anderson’s The Origin of Commerce in 1789, the journalist...
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Dan Rees - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Dan Rees - Earth in Vision

...public awareness. I think if you asked most people, “what’s the state of the environment? What’s the state of biodiversity?” I think most people are aware that it’s in trouble, that it’s dropping severely. I think that the number of stories about that have probably dropped, interestingly, since the recession. I think it tends to go cyclically depending on how...
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Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are women leaders the key to growing women’s sport?

...public commitment’ to diversity more generally, with inclusion of members from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds and those with disabilities. I always think to have the right culture you need a mix of males and females, and you need people from different backgrounds. An athlete needs to see someone who looks like them - whether it’s colour, sex or...
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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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