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Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?

...System Is For The Birds”, “All Married Women Are Bad, Yes?” and “The Sorry Plight Of The Human Male”. A 1955 article by Jay Archer, “Don’t Hate Yourself In The Morning: You Weren’t The Only One Having Fun”, provides an early precedent for Trump’s later justification-cum-defence of his “locker room” talk. Transcript Archer advises his readers that...
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Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business
Society, Politics & Law

Can quotas make gender equality happen in politics? Lessons from business

...think about equality and discrimination in professions and organisations – a legacy that will take a long time to fade. Change is happening. But it is slow, and it is tempting to assume that all is well because there is some progress made on the numbers. Politics has a few lessons to learn from business on this front. A long legacy Beyond the numbers, the culture of...
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The benefits of a longer product life
Science, Maths & Technology

The benefits of a longer product life

...systems. These figures illustrate significant impacts from a consumer electronics sector that is growing by about 8% each year as new markets expand and demand for replacement products, such as phones, rise (theworldcounts, 2021). [Vintage woodworking tools] An assortment of well-worn tools A response to this cycle of production, use and disposal is to produce less stuff...
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Rock Clocks
Science, Maths & Technology

Rock Clocks

...think of geological time in 2 ways: relative and absolute. Relative time disregards years and only considers whether one event in the Earth’s history came before another event. Absolute time measures whether a geologic event took place a few thousand or a few million years ago. We measure time in 2 basic units – a day, the interval required for the Earth to complete...
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Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?
Digital & Computing

Hands-free phone tech is dangerous - so why do car firms still promote it?

...think it, but research shows talking on a hands-free phone while driving is just as dangerous as using a handset. In fact, drivers remain dangerously distracted even after they’ve hung up. Thankfully, this message is starting to get through, as the ASA’s decision shows. But the fact that the advert was made in the first place, that in-car, hands-free technology is...
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Hidden soil allies – fungi that help plants face drought
Nature & Environment

Hidden soil allies – fungi that help plants face drought

...Think of mycorrhizal fungi as “extra roots” for plants. When they attach to roots, they spread thin filaments into the soil, reaching far beyond where roots can go. This partnership is a true exchange: the plant provides the fungus with sugars and lipids coming from photosynthesis, and the fungus facilitates the absorption of water and nutrients like phosphorus and...
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The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues
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The Unsung Women Who Shaped the Blues

...thinking of the early blues, women were also an influential part of this development. According to Nghana tamu Lewis, Professor of English and Africana Studies at Tulane University, the blues enabled women to ‘manipulate and control their construction as sexual objects’ and ‘own their past, present and future by confiscating and reconstructing their identities’....
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Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
History & The Arts

Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age

...think therefore I am”), scientists like Christiaan Huygens and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek invented telescopes and microscopes that made visible new worlds of experience. There was also an unusual degree of freedom of worship. Persecuted Jews from across Europe were given refuge in Amsterdam, while Non-Conformist Christian groups with radical views about Jesus Christ’s...
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