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Someone’s attacking our connection to the internet - part one
Science, Maths & Technology

Someone’s attacking our connection to the internet - part one

...type of camera and lens used to take the photo, the exposure settings, the location and so on. This image contains fake EXIF longitude and latitude data; VPNFilter extracts six numbers from this fake EXIF to form a valid IP number – the address of a computer on the Internet. In case the malware cannot connect to photobucket.com, it will attempt to recover an image from...
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Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System

...type of rock in the area where it was collected? This is the challenge scientists face with meteorites. If we’re lucky, we can see meteorites arriving as bright fireballs in the sky and can use their speed and direction to calculate their original orbit around the Sun. But out of a worldwide collection of over 60,000 meteorites, this has only been possible for fewer...
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What can you do with leftover coffee grounds?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can you do with leftover coffee grounds?

...type of bean or how it was brewed. This is a great plus as it means the coffee-derived fuel will give off a predictable and consistent amount of energy when burnt. Coffee grounds can also be fermented to produce ethanol or subject to extreme heat and pressure in order to create bio-oil, a material similar to crude oil. Both processes, however, are expensive. Biodiesel is...
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So you've written your novel, what now?
History & The Arts

So you've written your novel, what now?

...type 'The End'. If you've managed to do that, then you've achieved a lot already. Well done! So what's next? If you want to see your book on library and bookstore shelves, your best bet is to get a literary agent to represent your work. Many publishing houses don't accept what they call 'unsolicited submissions' – manuscripts that haven't arrived via a literary agent....
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A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course
Science, Maths & Technology

A school reaches for the stars with an online astronomy course

...types of objects in the cosmos. The first half of the course concentrates on obtaining images of galaxies and nebulae from the famous Messier catalogue, which consists of over a hundred objects, each identified by its M, or Messier number – the Crab Nebula for instance being known as M1. The Denny pupils worked in small teams, selecting objects from the catalogue and...
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Starting your small business
Money & Business

Starting your small business

...type of small business. The numbers in the case studies are all fictitious, but each case study business is based on a real business run by friends and people I know. So thank you for listening and now it is time to start studying, I hope you enjoy the course and if you are inspired to set up your own small business please let us know how you get on. If you are interested...
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Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
Science, Maths & Technology

Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...types of observations (such as radar and thermal-IR measurements). [Brightness of Near-Earth Asteroid 495615 (2015 PQ291) as a function of rotation angle, derived from observations taken by PIRATE in May 2020.] Figure 3 - Brightness of Near-Earth Asteroid 495615 (2015 PQ291) as a function of rotation angle, derived from observations taken by PIRATE in May 2020. Lower...
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Active Citizenship in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

Active Citizenship in Wales

...type of resource(s) they need to improve their understanding. This project will help policymakers, educators and youth organisations to learn about cost-effective ways to increase understanding of and participation in politics of young people, enabling more representative decision-making. More broadly, the project will enable young people to better understand how they can...
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