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Wanted! Starlings
Nature & Environment

Wanted! Starlings

...health. Control Total eradication of starlings outside their native range is now considered to be impossible, as their numbers are so high, but where they interfere with agriculture or other human activities they may be controlled. Vulnerable crops may be covered with netting to protect them from being eaten and in some cases starlings may be trapped, shot, or poisoned....
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Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why asking what causes autism is the wrong question

...health measures to the development of autism. The most reported, and controversial, link was between the MMR vaccine and development of autism. In 1998, a research paper was published that suggested that the “triple” vaccine against MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) can cause autism in some children. This has been discredited and widely disproved in medical science...
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Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity
History & The Arts

Who are we? A project about art, migration, politics and identity

...health tourists in the company of Eastern European 'experts'. Patrolling, a recent digital conversation for performing borders | LIVE, created by Critical Interruptions, considered borders not as exclusive or oppressive, but as potentially emancipatory and progressive, by imagining events taking place on borders of un- and partially recognised countries in Eastern Europe....
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Personality: A user guide
Health, Sports & Psychology

Personality: A user guide

...health, your sexual promiscuity, your likelihood of divorce, how happy you typically are – even your taste in paintings. Personality is a much better predictor of these things than social class or age. The origin of these differences is in part innate. That is to say, when people are adopted at birth and brought up by new families, their personalities are more similar...
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What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...health decisions to avoid overwhelming health care provision. Mathematical modelling is beyond the scope of this article, but the interested reader are referred to an informal video that explains a ‘SIR model’ (Susceptible, Infected, Recovered/Removed) of disease transmission that may apply to COVID-19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6nLfCbAzgo. What is ‘herd...
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Labour to the marrow: Exploring the party's ethos
Society, Politics & Law

Labour to the marrow: Exploring the party's ethos

...mental universe that divides it into two broad camps – theoretical socialists and practical socialists. As Ben Pimlott wrote of Wilson’s opinions on Tony Crosland and Roy Jenkins, ‘he saw Crosland… as a philosopher or, in his own terms, a socialist theologian, and Jenkins as a man of letters and practical policies. The Prime Minister was an empiricist,...
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The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer
Money & Business

The challenges of ethical trading - perspective of a retailer

...mentality within an organisation can inhibit progress and active participation in collaborative forums such as the Ethical Trading Initiative to apply best practice and learning should be considered. Notification to other interested parties of findings and learning is especially important when confronted with difficult and systemic issues Execution requires transparency,...
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Will India prove fertile ground for post-Brexit trade?
Society, Politics & Law

Will India prove fertile ground for post-Brexit trade?

...mentality prevails. India is looking towards the future, while British allusions to empire, or the assumed camaraderie of the Commonwealth, are based on the past. The politics of self-interest was amply on display during Modi’s visit to the UK. Much emphasis was put on the pomp of his red carpet welcome, an address to parliament, meetings with business leaders and lunch...
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