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How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death
Health, Sports & Psychology

How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death

...impacts dying in the time of COVID-19 will have on the bereaved, our healthcare and death work systems. One thing that is certain is that the current situation is not one many people would have expected for their own death or that of someone they care about. Thia article was originally published on Discover Society and has been republished under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence....
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The debate on the origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

The debate on the origins of the First World War

...system before 1914. The war had not been deliberately unleashed, but Europe had somehow ‘slithered into the boiling cauldron of war’, as David Lloyd George famously put it. With such a conciliatory accident theory, Germany was off the hook. A comfortable consensus emerged and lasted all through the Second World War and beyond, by which time the First World War had...
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How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How do you spot a stroke - and what should you do?

...from successive governments. With the emergence of new therapies to treat stroke, it’s important Australia has an agile and responsive healthcare system to adapt to innovations in treatment. For more information, visit The Stroke Assocation or NHS Choices BUT IN AN EMERGENCY CALL 999 This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Why Russia is hoping for a good World Cup
Society, Politics & Law

Why Russia is hoping for a good World Cup

...system by association – has been done. Russia has no globally recognised football stars and the national team is not expected to impress at the home World Cup. One of Russia’s most famous football-related personas in the West, Roman Abramovich, reportedly ran into trouble extending his UK visa, preventing him from attending the recent FA Cup final won by his club,...
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Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing
Science, Maths & Technology

Explore Moon rocks collected from the first Moon landing

...System. It also opens up the possibility of extracting water from lunar rocks. And one reason why we can explore these fundamental questions is in large part due to these wonderful tiny fragments. How to use the Virtual Microscope Click on the options below to learn how you can examine the Moon rocks from the first Moon landing. Zooming in and out [Zoom in] You can...
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Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Happisburgh, UK

...Office for Science https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/663885/Future_of_the_sea_-_sea_level_rise.pdf Accessed 25th January 2020 Humphreys, D. (2019) Climate Change: an introduction to a heated debate, in ‘Environmental Policy in an International Context: Book 1, Open University Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC) (2013) ‘Summary for ......
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Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change, sovereign debt and the looming debt crisis in the global south

...System and has acted as an advisor to several governments, central banks, international organisations and development agencies on matters of sustainable finance and development. In the video below, Ulrich explores the links between sovereign risk, biodiversity risk and climate change, developing his proposal for a green and inclusive recovery. Transcript. What should...
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What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars
Society, Politics & Law

What missing lander means for Europe’s quest to find life on Mars

...system that will be deployed in four years to land a rover designed to search for life below the planet’s surface. The Trace Gas Orbiter had to make a crucial manoeuvre to bring it into orbit under Mars’ gravitational influence, a time which is always one of concern for the space flight engineers. Staff in the control centre celebrated with cheers and joyful hugs when...
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