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By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire
Society, Politics & Law

By extending the remit of PCCs, the government is playing with fire

...out by the Uk government, writes Jacqueline Baxter. ...[Illustration of Dads Army in fire fighter uniform] The UK government has proposed to extend the remit of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to cover other emergency services, including fire and rescue. The system has been called a “failed experiment” by the Independent Police Commission, and has continued to...
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How Do Batteries Work?
Science, Maths & Technology

How Do Batteries Work?

...out very quickly, as soon as the electrons had redistributed themselves to cancel out the charge imbalance. If we wanted to maintain a flow of electrons (an electric current) in the wire, we would need to continually suck electrons out from the ‘positive’ end and push them in at the ‘negative end’. In this way a steady state would be reached and the electrons...
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Climate change and the built environment
Science, Maths & Technology

Climate change and the built environment

...out that only a tiny percentage of the embodied carbon cost of the replacement building will be ‘paid back’ each year through lower operational carbon. His campaign #RetroFirst, asking for retrofit to be prioritised over demolition, is supported by the chair of the UK's Climate Change Committee as well as me. In fact, calculations of whole life (operational plus...
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Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?
Nature & Environment

Haymaking is critical to our heritage meadows, but is later really better?

...out wildflowers, they’re also about hay as an agricultural crop. But they don’t make it like they used to. PhD student, Vicky Bowskill, explains how researching seasonal changes in the nutritional content of hay can help conserve the UK's precious species-rich floodplain meadows... [farmers in a field haymaking in the early 1900s] Haymaking in the early 1900s,...
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What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?
History & The Arts

What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser?

...out more about The Open University's History courses and qualifications [The Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) inspecting SS soldiers in 1937] The Duke of Windsor inspecting SS soldiers in 1937 King Edward VIII was forced to abdicate in 1936, and soon took the title of the Duke of Windsor. He has always been known for his pro-Nazi sympathies. However, the extent of his...
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The history of surfing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The history of surfing

...out in the seas and oceans, not all of it friendly. Surfers can come off badly in encounters with jellyfish, sea urchins and, in the greatest extremes, sharks. Mostly though, surfers battle with man-made dangers, in particular effluent from sewage pipes and ships, and storm run-off that can include car oil from roads, pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilisers and...
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Can yoga help us achieve sustainable development goals?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can yoga help us achieve sustainable development goals?

...out more about The Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses Every year, 21st June is the International Day of Yoga As a spiritual practice, cosmic energy is important in yoga. This marks the day of summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, when the earth’s North Pole is most inclined towards the sun, of special significance. In 2015, the United Nations General...
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Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit

...out of 10 (blue bar) said inequality was the #1 issue facing America. Among folks rating the Donald 10 out of 10, only 4 per cent agreed. That’s a tenfold difference. Now look at immigration: top issue for 25 per cent of white Trump backers but hardly even registering among Trump detractors. Compared to immigration, even the gap between those concerned about terrorism,...
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