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Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out
Society, Politics & Law

Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out

...La Scuola” (the school): a classroom stocked with books, a chalkboard and mismatched tables and chairs. [The image is of a classroom setting. There is a blackboard at the top left corner of the photo which says "refugees welcome" in white chalk and there are four rows of desks set out wirh wooden chairs scattered. There is a big window with blinds allowing light through...
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Confessions of an English Opium Eater
History & The Arts

Confessions of an English Opium Eater

...De Quincey’s notorious nineteenth century book, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, is also considered the first autobiographical account of drug addiction. It influenced not just generations of narcoticized writers but even medical opinion on the effects of opium for decades after its publication. In the Georgian era of 1821, opium – in the form of laudanum - was...
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How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?
Nature & Environment

How can nature help us meet the climate challenge in towns and cities?

...based solutions...[Conservation of machair at Calgary Bay, Isle of Mull, for biodiversity protection and reducing coastal erosion.] Conservation of machair at Calgary Bay, Isle of Mull, for biodiversity protection and reducing coastal erosion. Definitions, definitions, definitions Nature-based solutions are actions that protect, manage or restore natural environments to...
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The Enlightenment
History & The Arts

The Enlightenment

...de la Chine (The Chinese Orphan) before a bust of the then exiled author The philosophes saw themselves as engaged in a battle for minds; they appealed to something which they saw and cultivated as a new factor in European society: public opinion. It was with public opinion in mind that they criticised existing institutions in France and what they saw as a corrupt and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
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Languages

Get ready for beginners’ French

...de la francophonie, 2018). Do any of them surprise you? Over 300 million people around the world speak French. France is the most-visited country in the world, with 75 million tourists every year. Toulouse and Montreal are among the world’s leading cities in aerospace technology. French film production is the second-largest in the world, producing 500 films per year. In...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The dog beyond the mirror: Experiments with dog consciousness
Health, Sports & Psychology

The dog beyond the mirror: Experiments with dog consciousness

...based experiments might have sold dogs self-awareness short. New research using smell instead of sight suggests dogs might have self-consciousness...That man’s best friend has a conscience is what every owner would be willing to bet, without even thinking about it for a moment. This means that dogs have self-consciousness. But the problem in science is that ideas and...
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How old is a mountain range?
Science, Maths & Technology

How old is a mountain range?

...la (Pronounced: shea-tang-la), Bhutan] Gangkhar Puensum from Cher-tang-la, Bhutan When we think about mountains we might think about them being constant, permanent features of our landscapes. However, through geology, we know this isn’t the case. The surface of our planet is forever changing and evolving, due to the movements of tectonic plates that make up our rocky...
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Neurodivergence and birth trauma
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and birth trauma

...A., Chang, Z., Larsson, H., Mataix-Cols, D. and Fernández de la Cruz, L. (2019) ‘Association of caesarean delivery with risk of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders in the offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis’, JAMA Network Open, 2(8), e1910236. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.10236 (Accessed: 14 March 2025)....
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