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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?

...system provide a solution to the rise of automation?...[Wall-E and a dollar] Automation promises to be one of the great social challenges of our generation. The fear that robots will steal our jobs is an old one. But it’s being felt all the more acutely thanks to the rise of new technology. What’s often overlooked is the role that tax policies play in this. Current...
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Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?
Nature & Environment

Can natural infrastructure help Brazil beat its water crisis?

...systems, and population growth and urban development outstripping available water supplies. But looking outside the cities’ boundaries, a lesser-known cause emerges: degraded natural infrastructure. Natural infrastructure (sometimes called “green infrastructure”) refers to natural and open spaces like forests or wetlands that are strategically managed to protect...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...systems Today, it's all done electronically through GPS, a world-wide radio navigation system made up of a constellation of 24 satellites and their ground stations. These 'artificial stars' are used as reference points to calculate a terrestrial position to within an accuracy of a few metres. In fact, with advanced forms of GPS you can make measurements to within a...
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Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...systems were compromised by SamSam’s owners during 2017, although they took no action until March. Once activated, SamSam spreads rapidly across the company’s network before locking the data, ensuring that hundreds, if not thousands of computers are crippled – increasing the likelihood that the ransom will paid. Like many big organisations, Atlanta faces the problem...
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Exploring stereotypes in STEM
Education & Development

Exploring stereotypes in STEM

...thinking and how we perceive our own position within the STEM disciplines. If you take a few minutes to visualise who you think would be a ‘typical’ STEM professional, what images and/or words come to mind? Were they male or female? White or racially marginalised? Able bodied or disabled? LGBQT+ or straight? It is not uncommon to think of STEM professionals as being...
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Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed
Education & Development

Black Women and State-Sanctioned Police Violence: The Case of Sarah Reed

...System experienced by black women. ...Background: police violence against black women In response to the death of George Floyd who was killed in 2020 by a US police officer kneeling on his neck, despite protestations of not being able to breathe from both himself and onlookers, the Black Lives Matters (BLM) movement became prominent in the public imaginary across the...
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Applying your community engagement skills
Society, Politics & Law

Applying your community engagement skills

...thinking about how you might engage with the different stakeholders in your community role, whether that be in a service organisation like policing, emergency response, health or social care, or as an active member of community groups like the parish council or Neighbourhood Watch. In general, most ordinary members of the community are low power/low interest, but by...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Motivation and factors affecting motivation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Motivation and factors affecting motivation

...Thinking about personal motivation Timing: Allow about 45 minutes Watch the following video clip titled ‘Motivation through adversity: The Fabrice Muamba story’ which shows Fabrice Muamba being interviewed about motivation. SHAUNA MUAMBA One of the huge motivational things about Fabrice, I think, is his spirit as a fighter. I think I've learned so much from him...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs