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Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture
Languages

Reeta Chakrabarti on language and culture

...communicating, but not actually particularly good at writing. Interviewer: They say language learning opens doors to cultures, have you found that the languages you speak helped you get to know other cultures or people better? Reeta Chakrabarti: Yes, very much so, very much so. You can get under the skin of a culture in the way that you can’t if you don’t speak the...
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Are the Orlando murders part of a public health emergency?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are the Orlando murders part of a public health emergency?

...communities across the U.S. Gun violence has created a major and unique public health problem for the U.S., compared to other developed countries. In order to protect youth, the governments and adults in other developed countries such as France have made it difficult for youth to access handguns. However, a recent study showed that about a quarter of U.S. adolescents...
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...communication by Deliveroo, the online food delivery company, to its managers which instructs them on the words to use, and not to use, when describing the relationship between the company and its couriers. The managers are told that the couriers should be called ‘independent suppliers’, not employees; they wear ‘kit’, not uniform; they are paid ‘fees’, not...
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Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?
Society, Politics & Law

Leaving the EU means losing access to EU agencies - so why aren't we talking about it?

...Community. There are also more than 40 specialist EU agencies throughout the continent from which the UK will no longer benefit. [The Conversation] Some, such as the European Food Safety Authority in Parma, have important regulatory roles. These agencies are full of experts whose work directly benefits British people’s health, security and economic well-being. Are they...
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Has media literacy become self-destructive?
Education & Development

Has media literacy become self-destructive?

...communities where the “liberal media” is viewed with disdain as an untrustworthy source of information…or in those where science is seen as contradicting the knowledge of religious people…or where degrees are viewed as a weapon of the elite to justify oppression of working people. Needless to say, not everyone agrees on what makes a trusted source. Students are...
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class

...community, we know this from her behaviour. Just as we know that Ian Craig is a kind and trustworthy friend. Status and solidarity In order to attempt to isolate the role of accent in the process of characterisation, I carried out a preliminary study using people who don’t listen to The Archers. I played the participants short, content-neutral clips of various...
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Why mothers post about their children on social media
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why mothers post about their children on social media

...communicating updates to other family members through letters and phone calls. [Social media computer keyboard ] Social media is an ever-increasing part of family life For the mothers who took part in our study, it was important that the photos and updates they chose to share expressed something about the closeness of their family – and something genuinely nice about...
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Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Apollo 11 and 50 years of research on Moon rocks

...community. Indeed, NASA lunar curators often use virtual microscope images when allocating samples for new investigations. At The Open University, virtual microscope images are being used as part of a search for water on the Moon. The conventional view has been that the Moon is devoid of water, but in 2008, a journal article led by Dr Alberto Saal from the Brown...
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