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Sand casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Sand casting

...changing the graphite into a less detrimental globular or spheroidal form. This is achieved by inoculating the melt, just before casting, with a small amount of magnesium. Because of their higher melting point, steels are not favoured as casting alloys. The second biggest group of casting alloys are the aluminium based alloys. Aluminium/silicon alloys are the most...
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English monsters
History & The Arts

English monsters

...change – change that brought prosperity to some but suffering to others. The dog was an emblem of what was wrong with things, as it is in King Lear when Lear is brought face to face with the ‘Poor naked wretches . . .’, those subjects he has ‘. . . ta'en / Too little care of . . .’. As unique as Shakespeare’s presentation of his theme is, as a dramatist he...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Sponsorship

...change. A primary reason businesses engage in sponsorship is to increase the value of their brand by associating it with something that already has mass social value. Being linked to what is popular or respected raises the profile and esteem of a company and its products. However, there are also public dangers to this strategy. Often a less than reputable product can...
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Dogs under the microscope
Science, Maths & Technology

Dogs under the microscope

...changes to their genetic material, DNA. These changes occur by a process called mutation and without it; the diversity of life we see on Earth would not exist. Mutation in DNA creates the variability on which evolution works. For dogs, interesting and useful features are identified and, because they are determined genetically, they can be bred by selective breeding (i.e....
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How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?
Digital & Computing

How are Snapchat filters allowing survivors of sexual assault tell their stories?

...change this, journalist and self-titled Snapchat-storyteller Yusuf Omar provides his subjects with a wide variety of ‘filter’ options that disguise their face so they can speak on-camera about their tumultuous journeys anonymously. It's a creative and powerful method that allows survivors to change the narrative and let their voices be heard. Omar's use of Snapchat...
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The science behind your Christmas dinner
Science, Maths & Technology

The science behind your Christmas dinner

...change and evolve throughout our life. However, there are certain aversions that will never change, and this is because they are mostly caused by our genes. Back when we were cavepeople, bitter foods were mostly poisonous and bad for us. Due to this, some people developed the “superpower” of detecting even the smallest hint of bitterness, thus protecting themselves...
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Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges

...Change) that promotes and supports the development of these colleges and the numbers are likely to grow in this country and beyond http://www.imroc.org/get-involved/imroc-recovery-college-network/. 4. What do the people who use Recovery Colleges think about them? Although it is still relatively early on in the development of recovery colleges the indications are that the...
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Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Epilogue – the slow death of heroism?

...change from optimism over the Commonwealth and over Britain as a jet-age great power in the 1940s-50s, towards comedy and cynicism over empire by the 1960s. Starting with the Empire and Commonwealth Annuals of the early postwar years, it ends with Carry on Up the Khyber and the Flashman novels...Prejudices and assumptions from the heyday of Empire died a slow death as...
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