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Methods in Motion: Clashing loyalties
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Clashing loyalties

...human vulnerabilities at moments of competing loyalties...[Members of the International Brigade in the British cookhouse at Albacete raise their fists in the Communist salute] Members of the International Brigade in the British cookhouse at Albacete raise their fists in the Communist salute Raymond Williams’s novel Loyalties tells the story of a generation of young...
Other Moons
Science, Maths & Technology

Other Moons

...human landings on the Moon. Professor David A Rothery explains that we should not forget that there are moons in abundance, elsewhere in our Solar System...The innermost planets, Mercury and Venus, don’t have moons, but Mars has two. Go beyond Mars to the giant outer planets and the number of moons per planet skyrockets. Mars’ moons are small irregular-shaped bodies,...
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Radical alternatives to prison
Society, Politics & Law

Radical alternatives to prison

...human wrongdoing...Transcript Prisons have become a default form of warehousing some of the most troubled and troublesome people in our society. The welfare of some of those most in need is missed, neglected or ignored and it only becomes highlighted as a problem when these same people are imprisoned. A large number of the people we send to prison have grown up in care...
The new politics of climate change
Nature & Environment

The new politics of climate change

...humanity will risk causing irreversible climate tipping points with catastrophic consequences to all life on earth including humans. With a cycle of national elections every five years it is difficult to see how the ‘normal’ parliamentary democracy could achieve urgent carbon neutrality. Consequently, as regards pressing time scales in climate change, the political...
Halloween: What’s the devil got to do with it?
History & The Arts

Halloween: What’s the devil got to do with it?

...humans and cattle who have been “elf-shot”. That is, elves caused illnesses. Even after the conversion of northern Europe to Christianity, people offered sacrifices to elves to keep them away. Perhaps this was important at the start of winter, at Halloween or at what Irish traditions call Samhain which celebrates the start of winter with fires and feasts. For many...
Is there life on Mars?
Science, Maths & Technology

Is there life on Mars?

...human perspective) it is not likely that life is going to be present in the form of animals or plants, which could be easily spotted, but instead as microorganisms. Sending humans to another planet with microscopes to hunt for microbes is far too complicated -and expensive - with our current technologies, but this does not mean that we do not have an arsenal of other...
Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change: the kale smoothie of TV

...human angles and clear storylines that are so central to the majority of broadcast storytelling. Broadcasters also think that TV audiences are allergic to anything that could be construed as ‘preachy.’ But the last year or so does throw up of examples of climate change themes being engagingly presented to very diverse audiences. And important lessons are being learnt...
Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners
Science, Maths & Technology

Hat makers, Greek gods and the great poisoners

...human, and the time of exposure. For example, the compound lithium carbonate has a median lethal dose (LD50 or toxic to 50% of the subjects) in rats of 525mg/kg when administered orally. However, it may be safely prescribed to humans at a therapeutic dose to treat, for instance, depression, but the levels of toxicity mean it has to be prescribed and taken carefully to...