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Saudi Arabia is paying a heavy price for Iran’s global rehabilitation
Society, Politics & Law

Saudi Arabia is paying a heavy price for Iran’s global rehabilitation

...2, however, has brought the mutual mistrust that plagues relations between these two states fully into the open. This crisis will clearly have a major impact on the various regional conflicts that Iran and Saudi Arabia are embroiled in – but with the sanctions imposed before the nuclear deal possibly about to be lifted, it also speaks volumes about Iran’s rapidly...
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Machiavelli and Political power
Society, Politics & Law

Machiavelli and Political power

...2, the end justifies the means. You may have to be cruel to be kind. Martin Bell MP: All the colleagues of different parties will from time to time have to support things they don’t really believe in. I’m in the fortunate position of not having to do that, but I can see that those kind of compromises are necessary. I would call them necessary evils. [Houses of...
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What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?

...NHS England (2023) ‘NHS Long Term Workforce Plan’, NHS England. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-long-term-workforce-plan-2/#references. The Nuffield Trust (2024) The NHS Workforce in Numbers. Available at: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/the-nhs-workforce-in-numbers....
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Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System
Science, Maths & Technology

Hitching a ride on an asteroid to travel back to the birth of the Solar System

...2 kg of rocks from the surface of the diamond-shaped, carbon-rich asteroid called Bennu, around which it is currently orbiting. It is set to return to Earth with its bounty of space samples in 2023. Hayabusa2 has already visited its asteroid, Ryugu, having successfully collected rocky samples and now on its way back to Earth, scheduled to land in Australia in December...
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Seven myths of being a female engineer
Science, Maths & Technology

Seven myths of being a female engineer

...2. To be an engineer, you have to get your hands dirty (literally) “Engineering is not just engines,” says Elizabeth McCaig, Senior Specialist, Structures Rule Development team at Lloyd's Register. “And it's not just getting grease and applying tools. I work in an office. I haven't been covered in grease in years for my job.” Female engineers often get told that...
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Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...2. Autism can be caused by emotional deprivation Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... FALSE Despite claims made by Bettelheim, there is no evidence to support this suggestion, and much evidence that biological influences play a big role in autism. When Sir Michael Rutter studied children in Romanian orphanages, he identified an ‘autistic-like’ condition...
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So you've written your novel, what now?
History & The Arts

So you've written your novel, what now?

...2. Be receptive and resilient to feedback. Some writers work alone, and that’s great if it works for you. Others like to seek feedback from trusted others, especially when they’re starting out, and this can be very useful prior to sending your work out to agents. If this is the case, you have to be the judge of your own work, while at the same time being receptive to...
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Bumblebees
Nature & Environment

Bumblebees

...2: Something to eat In early Spring, when the queen emerges from hibernation, she first searches for food, to replenish her spent stores of body fat. You can help by ensuring that you have a succession of flowers that will span the season. Make sure that you include spring flowering plants as well as the showy summer ones. The bumblebees need a continuous supply of nectar...
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