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Why are caves being used as hospitals in Syria?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are caves being used as hospitals in Syria?

...technology like portable ultrasound kits. The care of the wounded and sick has been protected since the very first Geneva Convention of 1864, but the Syrian conflict has seen the rule book torn up, with attacks on healthcare reshaping conflict and humanitarian response. The story behind one SAMS hospital highlights the shocking “new normal” in twenty-first-century...
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Hacking under your skin?
Digital & Computing

Hacking under your skin?

...technology permanently placed inside a living person. In this case, the device was an unnamed neurostimulator used to treat conditions including Parkinson’s Disease as well as chronic pain. Although these devices are placed within the body, they can be reprogrammed using wireless connections. The protocols which govern how data is exchanged between the implant and its...
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Climate change and alternative living: issues of adaptation and sustainability
Nature & Environment

Climate change and alternative living: issues of adaptation and sustainability

...technological advancements are needed for advancing civilisation. At the same time, this is causing a crisis in natural resources due to misuse and excessive use, e.g., deforestation for economic benefits. Climate change affords the opportunity to explore an alternative living option. One such option is a return to indigenous habitation. Indigenous refers to the natural...
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British Science Week
Science, Maths & Technology

British Science Week

...technology, engineering and maths events and activities across the UK for people of all ages, coordinated by the British Science Association. To find out what is going on across the UK to celebrate, visit the British Science Week Event Calendar and keep up to date by following British Science Week on Twitter. To celebrate we have compiled a range of FREE resources for you...
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The hidden world of everyday coding
Digital & Computing

The hidden world of everyday coding

...technology more accessible for everyone Voice assistants, like Siri or Alexa, might feel like magic but behind the scenes they rely on AI coding. They are programmed to understand speech patterns and accents, and inclusive design helps them respond to people of different ages and abilities. Spot the code in your day Now that you’ve seen some examples, why not try...
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Creativity and artificial intelligence
Languages

Creativity and artificial intelligence

...technological challenges involved in the development of such capabilities are two issues related much more to the human side of the equation than the machine side. That’s to say, they’re better addressed by the humanities than the sciences. The first of these, which is the focus of the video above, is what exactly we mean by creativity, and how our definition...
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Multiple cause diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple cause diagrams

...technology and food supply in farming Diagram guidelines Purpose The purpose of this type of diagram is to consider events, and states of things (i.e. states of things like low morale in the workforce, or poisoned water in the pond), and to explore the causal connections between them – for example, why a given event happened or why a certain class of events or states...
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A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
Languages

A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...technology, trade and employment and the environment. The course includes face-to-face or teleconference tutorials. This material is taken from The Open University course L314 A buen puerto: advanced Spanish... Introduction Introduction to the series of programmes Radio Programme 1: Astronomy in Colombia A radio-style programme about astronomy from Cali in Colombia...
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