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Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Ox: Chinese New Year

...social media recently: 牛’转乾坤 niú zhuǎn qián kūn Oxing/turning things around This pun is created by two words sharing the same pronunciation as the first character 牛 niú (cow/bull/ox) in the phrase above and the first character 扭 niǔ (to turn; to twist) in the well-known four-character proverb below are pronounced niu (although with different tones): 扭...
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Design and Creativity
Science, Maths & Technology

Design and Creativity

...Social Science in Design How Philips keeps ahead of trends. The value of customer research when designing the latest technologies for a 'plugged-in' generation. Philips: Workplace Culture How to generate ideas: bringing a diverse mix of expertise to the table in a relaxed working environment. Philips: Project Based Organisation Putting a team together: the network of...
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What is Europe?
Society, Politics & Law

What is Europe?

...social and economic community that had been constructed in the West, which seemed to offer hopes of a shared European future. There were also powerful, if more distant and abstract, conceptions of a common European heritage in terms of culture, religion and far-reaching historical links. It opened up perspectives on a broader Europe of a less well-defined character, but...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago
Money & Business

10 billion dollar companies that didn't exist 10 years ago

...social networking service was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app. In 2012, social media giant Facebook could see the app's potential and bought it for $1 billion. These days the app, with an enormous 300 million users, is said to be worth a whopping $35 billion. In fact, Instagram seems to be growing at a greater...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...social beings, a sense of identity plays an important role in our relations – and in our own happiness. But identity doesn’t have to be narrowly human. In an essay looking at the groups that exist on the edge of conventional boundaries, and are often subject to prurience and ridicule, Pedro Feijó considers those who feel different, other than human. In May thousands...
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Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...social and political infrastructure. Rhetoric attacked legitimacy Although this election does not appear to be “hacked” in the manner that many predicted, I do believe that it was successfully and directly attacked, repeatedly. These attacks did not come in the form of hackers altering vote counts. Rather, the attacks on this election’s integrity came from assorted...
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Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...social phenomenon. People started creating literature around it, adding humour and sarcasm. And because not everyone is good at crying, the whole thing would be rehearsed beforehand, and women like my grandma played a great role as master trainers. I had a great time recording these unique songs and stories of my community. I uploaded them and made them available publicly...
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The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

The effects of self-isolation and lack of physical activity on carers

...social isolation before the COVID-19 pandemic, and find themselves further isolated during the pandemic. As a result, they could face further barriers to exercise. This is sadly the case for young carers as well. [A young female carer bringing a cup of tea to a smiley elderly lady] The 2011 census indicated that almost 178,000 of those under 18 years of age have caring...
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