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Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...world Peter Parker was a regular human being until he was bitten by a genetically engineered super-spider. Spiderman is the result, part human DNA, part spider. Frighteningly, we are on the edge of genetic engineering in sport being a practical if completely undesirable possibility. In 2008 Professor Wells warned in the BMJ that “some commentators have raised concerns...
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Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Obama's Iran legacy under threat?

...world powers over the nuclear programme were lifted. Despite all these achievements, which once seemed almost impossible, the sense of a breakthrough moment has given way to more frustrated and complex times. Untangling the web of sanctions and unfreezing the billions of dollars of Iranian assets held abroad has been a slow process, though the US also recently sent Iran...
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How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates
Science, Maths & Technology

How network science can unravel Al Capone's criminal associates

...world — a process that organizes crime into mainstream society...[Al Capone's police mugshot] Al Capone's police mugshot Al Capone’s criminal organization existed before the days of Facebook, Twitter, and CompStat, but the continuation and prominence of his syndicate relied on the power of social networks. To analyze the role of social networks in organized crime, we...
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The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...world of the great artistic and educational potential embodied by the newly revived Olympic Games. In his view, the best way to get his point across was to incorporate a flurry of spectacles including art, music, poetry and architecture alongside the athletic competitions. There was no torch relay in the 1896 Olympic opening ceremony. Instead, the occasion was marked with...
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How is Italy reinventing the co-op?
Money & Business

How is Italy reinventing the co-op?

...world. A change in the law in 1991 has powered their development in Italy. It's a model worth investigating, explains onthecommons' Jay Walljasper...[The Co-Op Store at Beamish Museum] A recreated Victorian Co-Op shop at the Beamish museum - but workers' co-operatives have a modern role to play as well There’s a big secret in the global economy, which the powers that be...
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Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement
Society, Politics & Law

Mo Mowlam and The Good Friday Agreement

...world. She was always on the side of the underdog and this was often played out in her contempt for authority for authorities sake, she challenged pomp and ceremony and she staunchly believed in women and young girls and the potential for their impact on society from the ground up. Mo died in 2005 when I was 21 and she was just 54 years old. It would be a mistake to...
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Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS
Health, Sports & Psychology

Three solutions for the nursing staffing crisis in the NHS

...World, and yet has a shortfall of staff; particularly in nursing. These shortages have been widely reported on, with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic further highlighting the strain that staff and funding shortages cause across the health and social care sector. Julie Messenger, Senior Lecturer and Nursing Lead at The Open University, is a nurse with more than forty years...
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Between humanity and space
Science, Maths & Technology

Between humanity and space

...world. For my PhD, I explored those ideas in depth and that’s how I came to where I am now. I’m looking at the ethical implications of the colonial construction of being human and what that says about being human as we go into space. Issues arising from countries’ colonial pasts are at the front of our minds right now. Could you talk more about how ideas of...
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