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More working with charts, graphs and tables
Science, Maths & Technology

More working with charts, graphs and tables

...tree over time or sales of washing powder over time. In these cases, both growth and sales depend on time. So, in both cases, time is the independent data and would be plotted on the horizontal axis; tree height or sales figures would be plotted on the vertical axis. Axes must always be clearly labelled. Decide on the scale. This can make a surprising difference to the...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...tree with two branches sticking out from its sides that look like arms and a clump of leaves on top that looks like a head. You know very well that it is a tree, but you ‘imagine’ it as a person. Is this a counter-example to the claim that imagining is thinking of something that is not present to the senses? Discussion In one way, it might seem obviously not. For are...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?
History & The Arts

Batman v Superman: Are superheroes always good?

...families were still powerful in public life. They dominated political debate, formed the majority of generals, and paid for many public benefits. Athenians were constantly afraid that a charismatic individual would become too powerful, and attempt to bring down the system and set himself up as a tyrant, yet they also expected their leaders to come from an aristocratic...
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Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Brazil's future Utopia now a thing of the past?

...families. Part of the answer lies in bad luck. A greater part, however, can be ascribed to a dysfunctional political system, a power- and greed-driven political class and a consequent cynicism within the working population. The bad luck stems first from a prolonged drought that created electricity blackouts and damage to agriculture. This led to strong public...
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Video 5 mins
Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can being part of a team help break the pain barrier?

...bonds can matter so much, even for elite athletes whose bodies have been engineered to physical perfection. An athlete’s ability to consume social support – from teammates, family, and fans – may prove to be one of nature’s most effective performance-enhancers. [The Conversation]This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...Stojka] Ceija Stojka was a traveller, painter and writer. As a girl she survived the Nazi concentration camps where her family was incarcerated as ethnic Roma. She wrote books about her experience and about the fate of Roma during the Nazi regime and was awarded the Bruno-Kreisky medal for political writing. A square in Vienna is named after her. [Ceija Stojka Platz]...
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Article 10 mins
How Trump tweets
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump tweets

...family members and representatives of various Trump business interests are the names of Bill O’Reilly, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Eric Bolling, all of whom in some way or another are associated with Fox News. Fox News (current chairman and acting CEO, Rupert Murdoch) has been actively championing the political ambitions of Trump for some five years and despite the...
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John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation
Science, Maths & Technology

John Perry Barlow: An Appreciation

...family; cowboy-poet at an American liberal arts college; lyricist for the legendary jam band The Grateful Dead; co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (a charitable pressure group); and biotech entrepreneur devoted to using single-celled organisms to convert sunshine and sewage into useful fuel. Barlow was famous several times over, but one of his landmark...
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