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Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life

...2) https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3786/1 (Part 3) https://www.thespacereview.com/article/3794/1 NASA (2020) ‘NASA Interim Directive: Biological Planetary Protection for Human Missions to Mars’, NID 8715.129, 9 July, P.1(a)(c) [Online]. Available at: https://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/OPD_docs/NID_8715_129_.pdf American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act (HR 2809,...
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Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics
Nature & Environment

Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics

...2. Like human chromosomes, turkey chromosomes were initially described rather vaguely. A 1931 paper describes 4 big J-shaped chromosomes, 2 big rods, 3 short rods, and 29 globes. Today we know the genome is splayed out over 39 pairs of autosomes. Like all birds, males have two Z chromosomes and females one Z and one W, somewhat the opposite of humans, in whom females are...
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Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...2. I strongly support these investments and the National Infrastructure Commission which has been pushing them. But why must such infrastructure projects be financed just by sales of public land and other government assets? The fiscal target should be on balancing the books on current spending over the business cycle – just as it was when the Office of Budget...
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Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model

...coaches deal with difficult emotional situations’, International Coaching Review, 2(2), pp. 178–90. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238769804_Coaching_with_emotion_How_coaches_deal_with_difficult_emotional_situations (Accessed: 14 July 2021). Gilbert, A. and Whittleworth, K.J. (2009) OSCAR Coaching Model. Monmouth: Worth Consulting Ltd. Lai, Y. and McDowall, A. (2014) ‘A systematic ......
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Democracy? You think you know?
Education & Development

Democracy? You think you know?

...2 What are some possible alternatives? - Dictatorship – one person decides for all. If one person is superior to all others, what is wrong with this? But what would we mean by superior, and is that what should really count anyway? Religious leaders – if there is a moral code, such as a religious one, which sets out right and wrong, why should we vote and why should...
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How to write a CV
Education & Development

How to write a CV

...2 pages/sides of A4. Convey an impression of what you'd be like as an employee. Be easy to read, engaging and look professional. [Women studying at a table] What to include in a CV You should include: Your mobile telephone number, address – first part of your postcode or town / city (don’t provide your whole address for data protection reasons) and email address. If...
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The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world
Society, Politics & Law

The Cyber Armour: A podcast which champions voices and safety of women and girls in the digital world

...2 LGBTQ+ identifying women in Scotland had experienced OVAWG. Most of the incidents surveyed were of text-based abuse and were sexually explicit. In Wales, 1 in 3 young women experienced online violence, and 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ identifying women had experienced online violence. Young women also more commonly experience sexually explicit online violence. In Northern Ireland only...
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Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery

...2). It is thought that this phenomenon occurred in the much busier early history of the solar system (perhaps within the first 60-100 million years), when impacts between planets clearing out their orbits were frequent in comparison to today. [simple artistic representation of the collison hypothesis model for the formation of the Moon ] Fig. 2: Simple artistic...
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