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Religion Today
History & The Arts

Religion Today

...change... Religion Today A short introduction to this album. Religion in modern Sweden Is religion dead in Sweden, or can it be resurrected? Egypt's return to Islam Why is secular Egypt returning to Islam? Buddhism in the Lake District Studying, living and learning at a Buddhist temple in the Lake District, Britain Buddhism in Birmingham Buddhism in Birmingham. Keeping...
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Audio 2 hrs 34 mins
Tackling noise pollution
Science, Maths & Technology

Tackling noise pollution

...changed their lives. The noisiest roads in Britain The Transport Research Laboratory use a machine called Triton to measure tyre noise on all kinds of road surfaces . Contexts and issues Dr. Shahram Taherzadeh explores the issues arising from the case studies and gives an update on the latest techniques to control noise pollution. Studying environmental control Dr Suresh...
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Audio 38 mins
60-Second Adventures in Economics
Society, Politics & Law

60-Second Adventures in Economics

...changed. The Principle of Comparative Advantage David Ricardo's famous economic model, predicts that if there are just two countries and two products both can be better off if they specialise and trade in the thing they’re relatively best at. The Impossible Trinity The Impossible Trinity or 'trilemma' suggests that it is impossible for a country to maintain a fixed...
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Video 8 mins
9/11: Reflections on political leadership
Society, Politics & Law

9/11: Reflections on political leadership

...changed the world forever. It raised questions not only about the United States’ foreign policy but also about its assumed dominance as the leading international superpower. Ten years on since 9/11, the political landscape is very different: the US has a different President in the form of Barack Obama, elected in 2008, while the head of Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden was...
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Audio 42 mins
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...changed over the period 1950-2010. As an example of how to read this chart, in 2010 there were just over 8 million males - the larger blue bar - in the second (5 to 10) age category and about 8 million girls: the height of the overlapped purple column. For the same year, in the 25-30 age band, there were about 7 million females - the larger pink bar, this time - and just...
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Video 30 mins
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Recovery strategies in sport and exercise

...changes, such as an increased heart rate, which return to normal after exercise. Long term adaptations are the physiological changes that become more permanent in response a training programme such as an increase in muscle strength. These adaptations can be split into three categories – morphological changes, metabolic changes and neuromuscular changes (Lambert and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars
Society, Politics & Law

The thorny issue of ‘driverless’ cars

...changing technology for driverless cars? Who is responsible if the vehicle crashes?...[Google Driverless Car] Oh dear! The Google car has crashed and Google has admitted that it may be their fault. This was in California, but such vehicles could be on the roads of England and Wales in the next few years. Should we be worried? We don’t think so. According to The Highway...
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Article 10 mins
Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two
Society, Politics & Law

Another spoonful? Understanding the Place of Sugar - Part Two

...changing geographies of sugar...[The old Domino Sugar factory as seen from the Williamsburg Bridge. New York, NY.] The geography of sugar is a geography of globalisation. Sugarcane was probably first domesticated in the Polynesian region, around about 10,000 years ago. Its cultivation spread rapidly throughout Southeast Asia and, significantly, into India. Through...
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Article 5 mins