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The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail
Science, Maths & Technology

The world's busiest railway - Mumbai, India and rail

...families in the suburbs but rely on the mega city of Mumbai for work. They are the commuters cramming themselves onto Mumbai’s crowded suburban trains, making more than 2.5 billion journeys per year. The trains are busy, hot and the city’s transport network is tested to its very limits daily. The equivalent traffic of all 270 stations of the London tube network,...
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The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary
Science, Maths & Technology

The Linux Effect: 20th Anniversary

...family Linux like the pet dog comes in many breeds, known as distributions or distros. In the same way that all dogs are descended from wolves all distros are descended from Gnu/Linux and the different types are bred for specific purposes. Linux in everyday life - from smart-phones to supercomputers Linux runs on everything from your workaday wireless router to CERN’s...
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Classical Studies: festivals
History & The Arts

Classical Studies: festivals

...families would get together to celebrate, remember and appease the dead. Transcript The Panathenaia The Panathenaia was the most important religious festival in Athens, held in honour of the goddess Athena. Dr Christine Plastow, Lecturer in Classical Studies, describes the different elements of the festival including contests, athletic events, a great procession and...
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On the inside of the rebellion against climate change
Nature & Environment

On the inside of the rebellion against climate change

...history. Considering that women’s right to vote required the suffragette movement and acts of civil disobedience, it is difficult to see how XR and continued disobedience are not likely to impact on the British political system. Given the damage that Brexit has caused the UK’s reputation, a change to politics along the lines proposed by XR would be a timely moment in...
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What can we expect at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What can we expect at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games?

...history and has over 4.5 million Instagram followers. Park skateboarding takes place on a hollowed-out course that features curves and deep bowls. They often include halfpipes and quarter pipes. This is the event where we will see Team GB’s youngest ever Olympian Sky Brown who will be just 13 years old when she competes. She is a very modern athlete who has a huge...
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Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture
Science, Maths & Technology

Iron from the sky: Meteors, meteorites and ancient culture

...history iron was a rare, exotic, valuable and symbolic material sometimes sourced from meteorites. Its origins in the sky probably prompted it to be considered a gift of the gods thus increasing the importance of its presence in ritual events. In modern times scientists will travel the globe in order to recover meteorites as their scientific analysis provides essential...
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This is not a city: Milton Keynes
Society, Politics & Law

This is not a city: Milton Keynes

...history, the city has been considered a space where the citizens were free from the back-breaking labour that defined rural life. According to geographer Yi Fu Tuan, the stability and relative comfort of urban life enabled citizens to turn their attentions to the big questions of philosophy, ethics and politics, or to develop and exchange scientific knowledge. Cities have...
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The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...history behind the Olympic torch - including its Nazi origins ...[Olympic Torch] Actors dressed in the robes of the ancient Greeks perform in the ancient Olympic stadium following the lighting ceremony at the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, Greece. In The Invention of Tradition, Eric Hobsbawm demonstrates that many of the customs and ceremonies that appear to be old...
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