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‘There Were Four of Us’
History & The Arts

‘There Were Four of Us’

...write a ghost story,’ Lord Byron said one rainy evening in Switzerland in the summer of 1816. ‘There were four of us,’ Mary Shelley recalled fifteen years later. Herself, the two illustrious poets – Byron and her husband Percy Shelley – and ‘Poor Polidori,’ Byron’s hapless personal physician. Out of this moment, not one but two modern horror legends were...
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Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network
Nature & Environment

Climate threat as grave a risk as nuclear war - Climate News Network

...writes that assessing the risks surrounding nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation means understanding inter-dependent elements − including what science says is possible, what other countries may intend, and systemic factors such as regional power dynamics. “The risk of climate change demands a similarly holistic assessment,” she says. Value human life She...
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Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Falling hard: Why do Americans love pumpkin so much?

...other carbohydrates. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go reward myself for writing this article with a pumpkin spice latte. And, yes, I’ll admit that I was first in line when they launched – despite the thermometer reading 35°C at the time of my purchase.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Were most women overlooked from the Ascent of Woman?

...that Anonymous was a woman “who made the ballads and the folksongs, crooning them to her children, beguiling her spinning with them, or the length of the winter’s night”. If we are to write woman into the history of humanity, we need to listen to Anonymous.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Catalonia: What happens now?
Society, Politics & Law

Catalonia: What happens now?

...which may enable Catalonia to obtain a more favourable financial settlement akin to that enjoyed by the Basque Country. An imaginative re-writing of the 1978 constitution may even be necessary. Only then can Catalan grievances be addressed and some degree of normality be re-established. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Parlez-vous Eurovision?
Languages

Parlez-vous Eurovision?

...write the song and find a suitable singer. The song, “It’s My Time”, came fifth in the contest, the last time the UK has bothered the top 10. In the last few years the UK has sent either “veteran” (ahem) singers like Engelbert Humperdinck or Bonnie Tyler or unknown inexperienced newcomers. This year, the song selected was announced in 15 programme available on...
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What is polonium - and why is it so dangerous?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is polonium - and why is it so dangerous?

...Writing at the time of another high-profile death in which the element was implicated, Martin Boland explains what polonium is, and what makes it deadly...Find out more about The Open University's BSc (Honours) Chemistry qualification. A Swiss forensic report of the exhumed remains of ex-Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat today suggests polonium poisoning may have been the...
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What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?
Science, Maths & Technology

What effects does mercury have on health and the environment?

...writing in 2006] they were not covered by US Clean Air legislation. The rate of emissions has been increasing; there was a 10% increase in the USA from 2001 to 2002, and, in countries such as China and India, whose rapidly expanding economies are heavily dependent on fossil fuels, emissions are predicted to increase even faster). The effects of mercury pollution will be...
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